Job-stealing robots stoke concerns about inequality in Japan

Job-stealing robots stoke concerns about inequality in Japan

Japan has more than 3 industrial robots installed in factories for every 100 workers. © Reuters NEW YORK — Japan is famous for its innovation in productivity-boosting automation and lifelike robots like Sony’s robo-puppy aibo, but a new study finds that many Japanese believe these advances are coming at the expense of the humans that made them.

According to the study released by the Pew Research Center Thursday, which surveyed public opinion on job automation in 10 developed and emerging economies, 89% of Japanese respondents think robots and computers will either "definitely" or "probably" take over many jobs now done […]

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