Than Hum Why Robots Will-And Must-Take Our Jobs By Kevin Kelly

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In his essay “Better than Human: Why Robots Will-and Must- Take Our Jobs,” Kevin Kelly, executive editor of Wired magazine focuses not on the economic effect automations have caused for the countless number of laborious jobs, but on how robotics have created millions of jobs for people in entirely new fields. Kelly, argues that robots have become a revolutionary outbreak since more can get done in a timely matter. But Kelly’s argument is completely bias because even though Kelly brings up many well-supported points about the benefits of automations, he neglects to mention the negative aspects of the rise in technology. Kelly’s zealous writing merriments that he has a passionate view of the industrial side of the American community and does

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