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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Alexandra Topping

Almost 40% of domestic tasks could be done by robots ‘within decade’

A robot chef making food at Zagreb restaurant.
A robot chef making food at Zagreb restaurant. Photograph: Antonio Bronić/Reuters

A revolution in artificial intelligence could slash the amount of time people spend on household chores and caring, with robots able to perform about 39% of domestic tasks within a decade, according to experts.

Tasks such as shopping for groceries were likely to have the most automation, while caring for the young or old was the least likely to be affected by AI, according to a large survey of 65 artificial intelligence (AI) experts in the UK and Japan, who were asked to predict the impact of robots on household chores.

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