Computers will take over all human roles

First, I would like to say Thank you for participating in this debate. It showed me many other arguments against my position that I didn't think of. Now, to my argument: Football - I think that this could eventually become a sport solely based on the creation of a team and the way the team plays. Each robot could easily have it's own specialty or role - a position on the field for instance quarterback. A person could create a team and it would go against another team created by another person. This is far cheaper (and I think would be more interesting to watch than football). The robots are not trying to convince the audience that they are humans. But trying to find a winner between the two best players. I believe that the argument you make would only protect these types of professions for a certain amount of time. These jobs are protected (at least for a little) by the illogical thoughts of humans. Acting - The "no-flinch" scene in Star Wars is an example of why humans are bad at their jobs and should/will be replaced. The CGI was done by humans, not a fault of the computer. If a computer could animate on its own or even analyze other fights it would be done to such a degree of realism that it would be entirely indistinguishable. As for the attractive actor argument, as with the football player, this would only delay the inevitable replacement of they jobs as well. Political - The movie Terminator only happened because the computer because self-aware (which is a debate for another time). But, the computer that is programmed to follow a command (eg. Protect Nation) wouldn't do anything to disobey that. There is no need for a human in the loop. It the computer can't disobey the order you have given it making it the perfect political leader. Art - You say it is a matter of quality over quantity but, I think that computers could make painting that are orders of magnitude better than what a human could do. On the other hand, I don't think people would pay 100x more for a painting because it has a signature on it. It is simply not worth the price for a human when the machine version is better, cheaper, and is produced more often. With your last paragraph, You said again that the people would buy robots to do other things to make them more money. I think you are thinking about this wrong. The people do not employ themselves. The employers buy robots to replace the people. For example, lets say you are a cashier, and you get fired because you are getting replaced by a machine. You didn't buy the machine and give it to the company, you had no choice. It might be a poor investment for an person to buy a general robot for jobs that don't need general robots. I agree, you don't need a robot that is able to run for a cashier machine. But, specialized robots don't need to be built to do everything; only something. Robots that assemble cars can do it several times faster than a human can with a fraction of the price. Also, the engineer (building the cars) isn't buying the robot to do his job. The company is buying the robot to do the engineer's job. From the company's view, the deal looks like this: "We get a faster and longer working staff (24/7) that costs a fraction of the lower quality, slower, and less available engineer". CGPGrey's Comparison to Horses: In a youtube video, CGPGrey made the example of two horses "talking" to each other just as the car is starting to take off. One of the horses thinks that the cars will make the horse useless however; the other reminds him that technology has done nothing but improve their lives so far. Horses used to have the charge into battle and often get killed but now they get easy lives pulling carriages. Nowadays, if a you want to ride a horse to work? Good Luck. The horses were replaced by a superior method of transportation, the car. As too will the humans go. The humans won't become unwanted, they will become UNEMPLOYABLE as their superior machine brothers will quickly become faster, cheaper, and more efficient at a rate biology can't match. In Conclusion, The quickly improving rate of automation and it' is increasing capabilities and decreasing price will eventually make it's monkey derived counterpart obsolete. Thank You.