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The robots are coming
TL;DR: How Technological Breakthroughs will Transform Everyday Life will create new jobs, improve the quality of existing jobs, and give people more time to focus on what they find interesting, important, and exciting.
Abstract: How Technological Breakthroughs Will Transform Everyday Life
Robots have the potential to greatly improve the quality of our lives at home, at work, and at play. Customized robots working alongside people will create new jobs, improve the quality of existing jobs, and give people more time to focus on what they find interesting, important, and exciting. Commuting to work in driverless cars will allow people to read, reply to e-mails, watch videos, and even nap. After dropping off one passenger, a driverless car will pick up its next rider, coordinating with the other self-driving cars in a system designed to minimize traffic and wait times—and all the while driving more safely and efficiently than humans.
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...However, there are still some challenges, such as integrating robots into the human world, fine-tuning and customising robots for particular purposes and increasing their reasoning abilities [1]....
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