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If Robots Can Make Coffee Better Than Baristas, Why Not Fire the Baristas? (slate.com)
2 points by rpm4321 on Oct 19, 2013 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



It's probably only a short time until we start seeing automation within large swaths of the labor market. Besides baristas, there are lots of other industries that will be completely changed from an employment perspective. For instance once self-driving automobiles become mainstream you'll see long haul trucks and taxis automated as well. It's going to be interesting what will happen when so much economic productivity is replaced so quickly by automation.


Unless you used to be a trucker, taxi driver or barista then it's going to suck.




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