Automation does not mean a better job

But there is a sentence we hear far too rarely: automating a task is not the same as improving a job. A robot that learns to make coffee can free a worker from a routine. Or it can allow a company to hire fewer people, increase the pace of production, and concentrate the savings among shareholders and owners. Both outcomes are technically compatible. The algorithm does not decide the difference. Company policy, labor regulations, and the bargaining power of the people who work there do.

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