As the AI Revolution Reshapes the Job Market, a Robot Very Well Could Take Your Job Someday

They'll do many things better, faster and cheaper than we can

As retailers like Walmart, Target, Kroger and Giant Food Stores bring in robots to scan shelves and floors and to automate order fulfillment, there’s a popular refrain: “These robots won’t take jobs away from people but will rather free up our human employees to focus on enhancing the customer experience.”

Case in point: In an email, a rep for Giant said its six-foot roving gray tower of a robot, Marty, has googly eyes to humanize it. But Marty has no humanlike aspirations to ascend the corporate ladder.

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