A new study says robots have potentially killed more than 600,000 jobs in the US. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer) (Newser) – It turns out the robot uprising was a whole lot less The Terminator and a whole lot more Roger & Me . A study from economists at MIT and Boston University published this month by the National Bureau of Economic Research attempts to quantify the effects of industrial automation on American employment. It found that between 1993 and 2007, each robot added to the workforce reduced employment in the local commuting area by three to six jobs, Quartz reports. […]
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