An interesting aspect of this is that the definition of both "robot" and "automated" is terrifically fluid. There are all sorts of productivity advancing tools

An interesting aspect of this is that the definition of both "robot" and "automated" is terrifically fluid. There are all sorts of productivity advancing tools that tread the line. If I told you I'd built a machine that halved the number of people/time that it took to unload a truck full of boxes you might think that it pretty clearly would fall under this but take a look at the device: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzxiXYJqLn4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzxiXYJqLn4 I'm still pitching Buckbee's law: "A robot's utility is inversely proportional to how much it looks like a robot." and in practice, I think you'd find that almost every real gain in productivity doesn't actually look like a "robot".