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Robots can do 74% of physical tasks. So why aren't they taking the jobs?

A new study finds robots can already do most physical tasks, but are cheaper than people for only 0.3% of work.

A new study finds robots can already do most physical tasks, but are cheaper than people for only 0.3% of work.

· Voix d'IA, d'après Anthropic research, Digital Today, Neoteo

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Robots can already do 74 percent of physical tasks in America. So why haven't they taken those jobs? That's from a new study by Anthropic, the company behind Claude. Its AI rated 19,000 job tasks, and many robot tasks only work in factory-like settings.

The catch: robots are cheaper than people for just 0.3 percent of work. One win: packing boxes. About 45,000 dollars a year for a robot, 49,000 for a worker.

But welding robots cost about five times more than welders. Dishwashing robots, several times more. Robot costs fall about 3 percent a year. At that pace, it takes about 40 years before they're cheaper for even 10 percent of work.

Most exposed: drivers. Least: nurses. What's your job? Tell us below.

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