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Robots to replace over 5 million human jobs by 2020: report

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The World Economic Forum published a paper this week titled "The Future of Jobs," in which it predicts the "Fourth Industrial Revolution." This revolution will consist of robots--such as 3-D printing machine, biotech and nanotechnology--replacing human jobs. . WEF's report introduces several new statistics, but the most startling is the one on robot-induced unemployment. It is estimated that technology could eliminate 5.1 million jobs by 2020. There have already been some companies that are using robots to guide people, teach and even serve.