It seems that almost every announcement of a major technological innovation that involves the automation of a production process is accompanied by a chorus of voices from those who fear that thousands of workers will be replaced by “robots” that can operate 24-7 and don’t need coffee breaks. The spectre of this dystopian automated workerless future may stem from iconic science fiction movies like 2001: A Space Odyssey , Westworld or Terminator . However, the premise that robots will render hoards of human workers redundant is definitely at odds with the effects of major technogical developments on the labour […]
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