Topic: : IT Automation leads to Unemployment – Counterargument of 600 words……

Requirements for Counterarguments from Debate Topic: : IT Automation leads to Unemployment Counterargument of 600 words. This counterargument will demonstrate the strength of their opponent’s argument and the weakness of their argument. The goal of this exercise is for you to understand both sides of an issue. Students should discuss the strength of the opposing argument of the entire opposing team, not just their opposite speaker. As well as quoting the references used by opponents in their debate, should include discussion from four extra articles from peer-reviewed journals to support their discussion. You may use these to reinforce any part of your short counterargument paper. For instance, if the opponent team made what are seemingly good points—but supported this with a relatively weak or biased reference (e g from Wikipedia), you might make the same argument, however ,use a peer-reviewed journal as your support source. The headings used in this assessment tasks should be as follows: Topic heading (state AFFIRMATIVE or NEGATIVE position–this should be opposite to the position you took in your debate)Introduction (50 words)Strength of opponents’ argument (300 words)Weakness of your argument (200 words)Conclusion (50 words)Opponents’ references(as provided by them at the debate)Your references(at least four)NOTE—It is important to not just repeat the arguments or both teams–each individual should discuss the strengths of the opponent’s argument and the weakness of their own. Debate Position: Affirmative Speaker 1: • Argument 1: Frey and Osborne reported that current state of technology is such that it will be possible in the next 10-20 years to replace about half of the jobs in the US with machines (Frey & Osborne, 2013). U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau reported that “Jobs most at risk of being replaced by automation are often lower-income. The average income for jobs that are at risk are $38000 per year compared to save haven jobs such as computer programming jobs with wages around $80,000 or more” (Wells, 2017). • Argument 2: Bank of England’s chief economist Antony Jenkins that banking sector could soon lose swathes of jobs to technology. He told the BBC: “We’ve already seen something like 25% of branches close between 2011 and 2015; my expectation is at least another 50% of branches will close over the next five to 10 years” (McCulloch, 2018) Speaker 2: