Sure, It Can Backflip – But Can a Robot Hold Down a Desk Job?
Aeon,
2019
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No question, employers are increasingly turning to robots to perform work that humans used to do. Automation is pervading food preparation, farming and transportation, often putting humans out of work. But when it comes to desk jobs, can robots compete? Absolutely not, avers Amy LaViers, a movement analyst and director of the Robotics, Automation and Dance Lab at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in a brief but fascinating article for Aeon. According to LaViers, even the lowliest desk clerk does things every day that robots can only dream of – if robots could dream.
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Amy LaViers is a certified movement analyst and director of the Robotics, Automation and Dance Lab at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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