Tom Saler: Many of us may be replaced by robots

Tom Saler: Many of us may be replaced by robots

(Photo: Journal Sentinel file photo) There has never been a better time to be an American robot.

Even without nativist economic policies that could drive up labor costs, trigger worker shortages and provide businesses with additional incentives to automate, machines appear set to replace their human creators in ever-larger numbers. Multiple studies suggest that between one-third and one-half of all professions will be vulnerable to automation over the next two decades.

The degree of vulnerability is not only a function of the traditional distinction between manual and cognitive labor; rather, the rise of artificial intelligence and “deep learning” machines could eventually […]

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