Seven Jobs Robots Will Create—or Expand

Artificial intelligence threatens to destroy a lot of jobs. But there’s another side to the story.

Robots need managers too. Meet one robot specialist who gets paid to look after several robot security guards that roam offices in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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As machines get smarter, there is a persistent fear in the minds of economists, policy makers and, well, everybody: Millions of people will be left obsolete and jobless.

But the effects of artificial intelligence are likely to be a lot more complex than that.

Yes, jobs will be lost, and many people will be forced to learn new skills to keep...