Presenter: Jessica Calle

Faculty Sponsor: Jean Kennedy

School: Quinsigamond Community College

Research Area: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Session: Poster Session 1, 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM, Auditorium, A15

ABSTRACT

Automation and robotics in the workforce present significant ethical challenges for the future. This research examined how "technological disemployment" may go beyond meaning precarious labor toward outright obsolescence of human labor. There is an emphasize on the socio-economic consequences of automation and raising concerns about justice and the future of human  work. There is also a focus on the micro-level of robotic decision-making, alongside underscoring the importance of human value rather than purely efficiency-driven goals. Industrial integration studies highlight the practical transformation of production systems through AI and robotics, noting gains in productivity and safety, but risks such as job displacement, cybersecurity threats, and organizational responsibility gaps. Collectively these findings argue that ethically integrating automation requires not only anticipating labor market disruptions but also embedding moral accountability for the companies integrating these automatic systems and to ensure human well-being remains central in increasingly automated workplace.

The findings emphasize the importance of ethical integration of automation, how it impacts economics and human labor; additionally detailing on the framework and design of robots, showing their interaction and affect on human work.