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Seventy Four Percent Possible, Zero Point Three Percent Profitable: The Real Price of Robots Taking Physical Work, October 1, 2026
A new Anthropic study finds robots can technically perform seventy four percent of physical tasks in the US economy, yet are cheaper than human workers for only zero point three percent of tasks. Chris and Laura unpack the four environment tiers, the jobs where robots already win on cost, the forty year timeline at historical price declines, and who is most exposed.
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