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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Dan Milmo and Priya Bharadia

AI will transform the ‘human job’ and enhance skills, says science minister

Patrick Vallance, science minister,  fist bumps a humanoid robot
Patrick Vallance said technological progress was creating ‘new area’ for robots to work in. Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian

Advances in AI and robotics will transform human jobs, starting with roles in warehouses and factories, the UK science minister has said, as the government announced plans to reduce red tape for robot and defence tech companies.

Patrick Vallance said technological progress was creating a “whole new area” for robots to work in. “What’s really changing now is the combination of AI and robotics. It is opening up a whole new area, particularly in the sorts of things like humanoid robotics. And that will increase productivity, it will change the human job,” he told the Guardian.

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