Automation, robots and the ‘end of work’ myth

Automation, robots and the ‘end of work’ myth

Can you imagine travelling to work in a robotic “ Jonnycab ” like the one predicted in the cult Arnold Schwarzenegger movie Total Recall ? The image from 1990 is based on science fiction, but Mercedes Benz does have a semi-autonomous Driver Pilot system that it aims to install in the next five years and Uber is also waging on a self-driving future. Its partnership with Volvo has been seen as a boost to its ambitions to replace a fleet of self-employed drivers with autonomous vehicles .

Jonnycab might belong to futurology but if MIT academics Erik Brynjolfson and Andrew […]

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