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August 06, 2003
McJobs - soon to be done by robots?
According to an article in Wired News by Marshall Brain, the creator of the excellent HowStuffWorks web site, many low-skilled jobs will be done by robots by 2030. (In some jobs where people are trained to parrot "have a nice day" insincerities ad nauseum, I'm not sure I'd even notice the difference - and you wouldn't have to smile back at a robot.) The story, which makes a persuasive case, is at http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,59882,00.html/wn_ascii and quotes from Brain's article, Robotic Nation. Posted by belinda at August 6, 2003 01:16 PMEmail this