"Automation Nation": China's Enormous Opportunity in Tech
The notion of human workers being displaced by cheaper, more skilled robots has been circulating for years now. Mostly to no avail. Great strides have been made in the fields of robotics and automation, but to date, we haven't actually seen this great shift in the workplace.
A human brain still must oversee automated work, and make quality and safety decisions that machines simply can't make.
The advent of artificial intelligence, however, has only recently brought a new dimension to work that's still largely being done by human hand - and human brains - finally setting the stage for such a change. As Bill Studebaker, President and Chief Investment Officer of index and research company Robo Global, recently explained, "When you're looking out at where the world's
