Industrial robots weld parts of chassis of the Volkswagen Golf 7 model at the Volkswagen car factory in Wolfsburg, central Germany, on May 19, 2017. German car maker Volkswagen (VW) unveiled as part of a media tour its Think Blue Factory environmental and sustainability program. / AFP PHOTO / RONNY HARTMANN
Vik Singh’s company has powerful artificial intelligence software that helps firms hunt down the best sales leads. Getting somebody to use it – well, that’s a story that says a lot about the US expansion.
US businesses have every incentive to adopt labour-saving technologies, replacing factory workers with robots and desk jobs with smart software. In some areas, such as finance, machine decision-making is advancing quickly. In others, there are obstacles. Overall, while the penetration of automation in the economy is happening, it is taking place at a slower pace than futurists expected.
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