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PBS Newshour

Are we on the brink of a jobless future?

Season 2017 Episode 1151 | 9m 13s

Futurologists have been predicting the automation armageddon -- robots replacing human workers -- for decades. Has the future finally arrived? Economics correspondent Paul Solman visits Silicon Valley to talk with leading tech thinkers and computer scientists about whether humanity is at a tipping point.

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