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Message From Davos: The Robots Are Coming

Will it be a robot utopia with machines doing the dangerous work we don't want to do? Or will technology take away people's livelihood? That's the big question at the World Economic Forum in Davos this year.

Jan 21, 2016

Will it be a robot utopia with machines doing the dangerous work we don't want to do? Or will technology take away people's livelihood? That's the big question at the World Economic Forum in Davos this year.

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