It's already happening. https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/the-robots-are-coming-is-your-firm-ready/ https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/the-r

It's already happening. https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/the-robots-are-coming-is-your-firm-ready/ https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/the-robots-are-c... https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1287/mnsc.2020.3812 https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1287/mnsc.2020.381... "As a new general-purpose technology, robots have the potential to radically transform employment and organizations. In contrast to prior studies that predict dramatic employment declines, we find that investments in robotics are associated with increases in total firm employment but decreases in the total number of managers. Similarly, we find that robots are associated with an increase in the span of control for supervisors remaining within the organization."