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3 things to note

1) I think it really depends on how you define "robots". If you defined robots to include servers, many jobs have already been taken.

2) Transitions are slow. Jobs our parents knew don't exist any longer. But it won't happen faster than that.

3) People move on and learn new things. It's great to get rid of receptive tasks that a computer/robots can do. It is liberating. No one wants to wash their dishes or clothes by hand these days.

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I know software is eating a lot of jobs, I see those type of jobs as more low hanging fruit. Software seems much easier to tackle than hardware. The robots I referring to are physical robots. Burger flipping robots, fruit picking robots, dishwashing robots, etc. Are the articles about these robots hype or are they actually in the field used by companies to improve their process/efficiency.

Do you consider a dish washer to be a physical robot? A self-driving car?

If the dish washer can put the dishes away after they are washed, then yes. If the self driving car can drive without any driver/handler ready to take over, then yes.

Ok got it. To your question: I think most of the news are hype. One core reason is not the tech I believe but the economics. You're competing against humans that do physical jobs pretty well for not much money per hour. Hard to beat.

But: There are cases where humans are just missing. For example many restaurants can't find waiters after the pandemic. That's where you see innovation happening. There are actually more and more restaurants using service robots like this one: https://www.pudurobotics.com/product/detail/swiftbot

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