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Why the Robot Takeover of the Economy Is Proceeding Slowly
- Replacing salespeople with software is tough sell for one CEO
- Automation shows limits at U.S. factories making cars, motors
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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 U.S. expansion.
U.S. businesses have every incentive to adopt labor-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.