Computerized digital assistants can answer questions and translate documents, but not well enough to do the job without human intervention the same is true of self-driving cars. Robotic security guards are toppling into mall fountains.
For one thing, machines remain comically incapable of opening doors or, alas, folding laundry. There are many reasons to doubt the hype. Are we living in the last days of human toil? Is what Edward Bellamy once called the ‘edict of Eden’ about to be revoked, as ‘men’-or at least, the wealthiest among them-become like gods? footnote 1 Trucks are already barrelling across the us without drivers robotic dogs are carrying military-grade weapons across desolate plains. Dressed in white lab coats or donning virtual suits, computers are learning to identify cancers and will soon be developing legal strategies. Computers are not only developing new strategies for playing Go, but are said to be writing symphonies that bring audiences to tears. Meanwhile, in the illuminated halls of robotics conventions, machines are on display that can play ping-pong, cook food, have sex and even hold conversations. In the most advanced factories, companies like Tesla have been aiming for ‘lights-out’ production, in which fully automated work processes, no longer needing human hands, can run in the dark. Rapid advances in artificial intelligence, machine learning and robotics seem set to transform the world of work. T he world is abuzz with talk of automation.
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