In 90 years, 70 percent of today's jobs could be done by robots (yay!)
1/1/2013Want more for your grandchildren than the endless drudgery that has characterized your working life? Well, if the musings of Wired magazine's Kevin Kelly are to be believed, the news is good. According to Kelly, in 90 years, 70 percent of today's soul-crushing occupations will be automated, leaving humans to perform "new tasks that expand who we are." Excitingly, such expansion of self could include lying around on the couch scratching yourself as a friendly and servile robot does your work for you. In 2100, "everyone has personal workboats … at their beck and call," Kelly predicts. Pass the remote. [Source]
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