Working with robots

Bustling with sleek machinery and high-powered computers, the factory floor looks nothing like it did decades ago. But human workers are far from obsolete.

A woman works on the factory floor in a sea of robots.
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Kelly Gonsalves
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(Image credit: (AP Photo/John Minchillo)In the American workplace, machines are no longer relegated to manual labor. High-powered computers and robots are increasingly taking over more complicated tasks — f)

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(Image credit: (AP Photo/John Minchillo)But human work is far from obsolete. A 2013 study found just 5 percent of all jobs can be completely automated away. And while automation replaces certain kinds of jo)

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Stihl Inc., Virginia Beach, Virginia. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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(Image credit: (AP Photo/John Minchillo))

(Image credit: (AP Photo/John Minchillo))

Kelly Gonsalves
Kelly Gonsalves

Kelly Gonsalves is a sex and culture writer exploring love, lust, identity, and feminism. Her work has appeared at Bustle, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, and more, and she previously worked as an associate editor for The Week. She's obsessed with badass ladies doing badass things, wellness movements, and very bad rom-coms.

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