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Caleb Naysmith

Bill Gates Says ‘We Need Time to Prepare’ for an Economic Upheaval — Especially the $20-an-Hour Workers Being Replaced by $10-an-Hour Robots

The robot revolution has a slightly awkward sales pitch: Cheaper labor for companies, cheaper products for consumers and, potentially, a pink slip for the person whose job just got cheaper than the machine doing it.

Microsoft (MSFT) co-founder and billionaire Bill Gates is warning that the transition could move faster than society is ready for.

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