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China's Robot Revolution and the Future of our Workforce

From Chinese factories to America's white-collar middle class, robots may soon be replacing more and more people. We look at what the future might hold as machines get smarter than we are.

By Warren Olney • Aug 14, 2015 • 52m Listen

From Chinese factories to America's white-collar middle class, robots may soon be replacing more and more people. We look at what the future might hold as machines get smarter than we are.

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Photo: Steve Jurvetson

Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Jenny Hamel
KCRW
Paul von Zielbauer
Co-founder of Geezer magazine, former producer for To the Point and Which Way LA?; former reporter for the New York Times
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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To the Point

China's Robot Revolution and the Future of our Workforce

From Chinese factories to America's white-collar middle class, robots may soon be replacing more and more people. We look at what the future might hold as machines get smarter than we are.

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To the Point

China's Robot Revolution and the Future of our Workforce

From Chinese factories to America's white-collar middle class, robots may soon be replacing more and more people. We look at what the future might hold as machines get smarter than we are.

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