February 8, 2013

Are Robots to Blame for 7.9% Unemployment?

Jason Dorrier, Singularity Hub


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Robots want to invade your home, take your job, and steal your wife. Maybe not that last one (yet). But as unemployment remains stubbornly elevated (7.9%) people are searching for answers. Among the usual suspects—foreign competition, too much regulation, too little spending, banks—technology is increasingly bearing the blame.

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