The "robotjobpocalypse" was pretty much always just a politically expedient way of scapegoating aggregate job losses caused by outsourcing and austerity. It's

The "robotjobpocalypse" was pretty much always just a politically expedient way of scapegoating aggregate job losses caused by outsourcing and austerity. It's also something that some companies (notably Foxconn & Restaurants) like to threaten regularly to keep their employees on their toes.