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Thursday, 19 May 2016

Robots have always been about to take your job, apparently

Worth considering. Although I don't know where the headline figure of 200 years comes from, considering that the examples given start in the 1930s.

Originally shared by Luke Hutchison

In case you were worried that a robot might take your job...
https://timeline.com/robots-have-been-about-to-take-all-the-jobs-for-more-than-200-years-5c9c08a2f41d#.lsoq59yiz
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2 comments:

  1. Jeff Liggett19 May 2016 at 14:00

    Since the industrial revolution automation has shuffled people around to different sectors, the problem now is we are running out of sectors.

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  2. Gilmoure deTrimar19 May 2016 at 19:30

    Sabots! We need to stick sabots in the gear works.

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