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461. How to Stop Worrying and Love the Robot Apocalypse

Freakonomics Radio

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The Fear of New Technologies

A blade runners is to hunt down replicants, manufacture humans you can't tell from the real thing. A single industrial robot will typically reduce employment by as many as six human workers. The machines ultimately work for the people. We want to augment the people. And there are many highly valuable social problems that could use automation and we under investit....

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