After years of worries that automation will steal people's jobs, the left is transforming robots from competition to comrades

'We don't automate jobs,' food-tech startup Zume CEO Alex Garden said. 'We automate boring, dangerous, repetitive tasks.'

Automation is expected to make millions of Americans' jobs obsolete in the coming years. Instead of framing this as robots"stealing" jobs, progressive leaders including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Service Employees International Union President Mary Kay Henry say Americans should be excited by the change. "We don't automate jobs," Alex Garden, CEO of food-tech startup Zume, said."We automate boring, dangerous, repetitive tasks.

Automation is expected to make millions of Americans' jobs obsolete in the coming years. Instead of framing this as robots"stealing" jobs, progressive leaders including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Service Employees International Union President Mary Kay Henry say Americans should be excited by the change. "We don't automate jobs," Alex Garden, CEO of food-tech startup Zume, said."We automate boring, dangerous, repetitive tasks.

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