We all knew this was going to happen eventually.  The robots are taking over.  And they've been getting help from corporate America.

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There are more robots than ever, and an even larger tidal wave of robots on the horizon.  Surely you've heard about the manufacturing robots, but when the service robots that are currently in development roll out - get ready for huge unemployment numbers.

It's not all doom and gloom, though.  People can rebound without going full Matrix.  We just need time to shift the focus of education and training to make sure that humans can still be necessary to our new steel overlords.

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To make sure that his fleshy brethren succeed in the new dystopian landscape filled with oil change and roadie bots, Bill Gates has proposed a "Robot Tax."  The money generated from this tax would be used to train people in careers that only humans could do.  With recent studies saying 47 percent of US jobs are at risk of automation within 20 years - this is a more pressing matter than you think!  Check out more details here.

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