A robot wrote this headline! Your job is next
This is a crazy time of year for online retail behemoth Amazon – especially for their robots.
Robots have already taken over a lot of the work in Kent's Amazon warehouse, like finding and retrieving items. And they’re continually learning how to do things that humans do.
You kind of think of it as a robot takeover, right?
But wherever Amazon brings in robots, more people get jobs — at Amazon anyway.
That's for now. Down the road, artificial intelligence means smart robots will be coming for all our jobs.
This episode, we’re asking: What does the future of work look like in a world where machines are learning how to think?
Caroline Chamberlain contributed to producing this episode Our theme song is by Raymond Scott. You also heard "Heartline" by Pezzner, a Seattle artist.
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Joshua McNichols
Growth and Development Reporter
As KUOW's Growth and Development reporter and co-host of KUOW's Booming podcast, Joshua's "growing pains" beat sits at the nexus of housing, transportation, urban planning, government and the economy. His favorite stories also include themes of history, technology, and climate change.
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