To some, being replaced by robots may seem like an idea from a science fiction novel; but Patrick Cox – editor of the Breakthrough Technology Alert – joins other top tech specialists in an article for Inc. Magazine to say that these ideas may not be so far off. And it could mean your job.
“Artificial intelligence will advance to the point where some work will be done by intelligent machines,” he told Inc. “Of course, the traditional view of a robot is a humanoid that looks like something out of Terminator, but future robots will take over mundane tasks and won’t look like humans at all: Smart machines will flip hamburgers at a local eatery, diagnose your illness at the doctor, serve as digital avatars during a meeting, and clean the office floors.”
“Robots like the Roomba vacuum already exist,” Cox says. “Intelligent machines will do most manual labor.”
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