Robots as Half the US Labor Force
October 25, 2011 | Terry Sharrer
“In two years there will be 1.2 million robots working on Earth, that is one robot per 5,000 humans. As of 2010, there were 34 robots working per 1,000 people in Japan. It is estimated that by 2025 robots will have taken over a whopping half of all jobs in the U.S. The hardest hit industries are predicted to be: manufacturing, automotive and food services.” While this might set the Luddites on their ear, it poses the prospect that robot-assisted workers will become the world’s most valuable labor. MORE