Companies put robots on display in workplaces and public environment to signal their commitment to technological progress and future automation. Performing automation for an audience that wants to believe. The Transference MachineMuch has been written in recent years about the purposeful overhyping of automation technology. Wilbur the Coyote, the dancing Teslabot, or Robot Boris are artificial automation in the same way George Clooney on ER was an artificial doctor. From these conversations, one would assume that if a robot is present, human labor has been removed or made redundant.

Source: The Guardian January 15, 2022 05:23 UTC