Features , InBusiness Self-checkout kiosks at the Target on Commonwealth Avenue. PHOTO BY MADHAV KOHLI/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF First through simple automation, like self-checkouts and Roombas, and now through artificially intelligent personal assistants like Alexa and Siri, robots have — for better or worse — become a part of 21st century daily life, and, by extension, our economy.
Modern companies have capitalized on the efficiency of robots, often using them to perform tasks that once employed the labor of human workers. The possibility of robots replacing human employees en masse has even garnered a name: the “Robocalypse.”
In a paper […]
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