Why I was wrong to be optimistic about robots

Humans are being crunched into a robot system working at a robot pace. Sarah O’Connor was once a techno-optimist who believed that automation would be the saviour of those with ‘robot-like jobs’. Now, she has growing concerns with the ways in which these systems have actually worsened workplace conditions. In the Financial Times, she explores how a new distribution of power can still change the course of automation in a more positive direction.