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461. How to Stop Worrying and Love the Robot Apocalypse

Freakonomics Radio

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Is Robotics Complementing Human Labor?

One of the most compelling questions is whether robotics will complement human labor, verses replace it. But there haven't been a lot of pilots that include robotics in our settings. One example that i've encountered is in ion company. They initially created robots so they could replace workers,. for instance, digging out certain parts of the land to lay the foundation. In this sense, they were designing a robot not to replace the skilled individual, but actually to augm an individual with less skill....

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