Robo-Advisors: A Millennial's Perspective

Every passing year marks the introduction of a technological advancement which affords some new form of progressive automation. Members of the millennial generation, like myself, are no strangers to the integration of robotic technology in daily life. I remember delighting in the introduction of self-checkout machines at the grocery store as a young kid, begging my grandmother to use the machines. Unfortunately, my old-fashioned grandmother never let me use the self-checkout, as she did not trust the technology to get the job done. New robotic technology has always made older generations understandably uneasy, especially since pop culture tends not to portray robots in the best light (who remembers The Stepford Wives or I, Robot?) Often, robotic technology is suspected of being too generalized, and unable to tailor tasks to an individual's specific needs.