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How to Stop Worrying and Love the Robot Apocalypse (Update)

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It’s true that robots (and other smart technologies) will kill many jobs. It may also be true that newer collaborative robots (“cobots”) will totally reinvigorate how work gets done. That, at least, is what the economists are telling us. Should we believe them?

  • SOURCES:
    • David Autor, professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
    • James Rosenman, C.E.O. of Andrus on Hudson senior care community.
    • Karen Eggleston, economist at Stanford University.
    • Yong Suk Lee, professor of technology, economy, and global affairs at the University of Notre Dame.

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It’s true that robots (and other smart technologies) will kill many jobs. It may also be true that newer collaborative robots (“cobots”) will totally reinvigorate how work gets done. That, at least, is what the economists are telling us. Should we believe them?

  • SOURCES:
    • David Autor, professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
    • James Rosenman, C.E.O. of Andrus on Hudson senior care community.
    • Karen Eggleston, economist at Stanford University.
    • Yong Suk Lee, professor of technology, economy, and global affairs at the University of Notre Dame.

  continue reading

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