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Card #c57IR // #c57Synthesis

Drivers of the robotic Cambrian Explosion include data, algorithms, networks, the cloud, and exponential improvements in hardware: DANCE. Robots and their kin will be increasingly used wherever work is dull, dirty, dangerous, and dear.

— In our words · Source: Machine, Platform, Crowd (Andrew McAfee & Erik Brynjolfsson)

[Use when]

When you're scanning your own industry for what gets automated first.

[Why it matters]

Five drivers, one acronym, one deployment rule: robots go where work is dull, dirty, dangerous, or dear — a checklist for where automation lands next.

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