Intuitive Surgical’s da Vinci robot reduces the need for surgical assistants in operating rooms; and the Engkey robot teaching English in South Korea may gradually fill the 30,000 teaching positions that Westerners there currently occupy. Increasingly sophisticated algorithms are replacing currency traders, paralegals, and even news reporters.
工业机器人正取代富士康工人在中国生产iPhone；Intuitive Surgical公司的达芬奇机器人降低了手术室对手术助理的需求；在韩国教授英语的Engkey机器人或许会逐渐填补西方人目前占据的30,000个教学岗位。日渐复杂的算法正在取代外汇交易员、律师助理，甚至记者。