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Robots Are Us: Some Economics of Human Replacement

Robots Are Us: Some Economics of Human Replacement, by Seth G. Benzell, Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Guillermo LaGarda, Jeffrey D. Sachs. NBER Working Paper 20941.

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  • Machines cheaper than labour at every task: propositions page →
  • Recent entry of machine intelligence into mainstream economics: propositions page →

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