This is not a very tightly written article. I don't think it makes that much sense, it jumbles multiple scenarios and arguments together and doesn't fully flesh

This is not a very tightly written article. I don't think it makes that much sense, it jumbles multiple scenarios and arguments together and doesn't fully flesh out the argument anyway. I don't disagree - full automation isn't happening anytime soon. We'll stick with partial automation, where 5 people do the work that 100 people did previously. That said, the author used a few pretty terrible examples to illustrate his point. The Flippy example from 2018 was an interesting choice, considering after reworking the robot it is currently in use in dozens of restaurants throughout the US and is being trialed by White Castle. Yeah, version 1.2whatever from 2018 wasn't ready yet - that happens. If the cost benefit still makes sense, the robot will be improved and version 4.5 might be the one to succeed. It's not over. The author writes about doctors doing administrative work - that's just a misuse of the software and a failure of management - there are actually more administrative staff in hospitals than ever before, though they don't seem to do anything additional. This is not because of a failure of automation, but because of a failure to align incentives. The manager is incentivized to increase administrative staff as it enlarges their personal power within the system, and is also not incentivized to make the work of doctors easier in any way. I think a better conversation would be about why production remained steady while workforces decreased in the midwest. Why Jack Welch's methods became popular despite long-term failures and how we can reset business and investment ethics to allow for a greater wealth distribution based on worker input. What the goals of automation are and how we can move away from employer based healthcare and understand the realities inherent in a system where "Automation...recomposes the workforce, isolating and rearranging tasks, altering job descriptions, and hollowing out middle-tier occupations."