Intelligent robots threaten millions of jobs http://phys.org/news/2016-02-intelligent-robots-threaten-millions-jobs.html
Advances in artificial intelligence will soon lead to robots that are capable of nearly everything humans do, threatening tens of millions of jobs in the coming 30 years, experts warned Saturday. "We are approaching a time when machines will be able to outperform humans at almost any task," said Moshe Vardi. "I believe that society needs to confront this question before it is upon us: If machines are capable of doing almost any work humans can do, what will humans do?" "Can the global economy adapt to greater than 50 percent unemployment?" he asked.
