At the receiving end of this are people — people who have been assembling those smartphones, sorting parcels, and, well, bringing pizzas. One could argue that robots are sparing them the stress and effort of menial jobs. One could also argue that robots pushed them out of jobs, period. Often enough, automation turns into a zero-sum game: As robots do more, there’s overall fewer jobs for people, so those replace have to compete for an ever-shrinking pie.
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