There are certain tasks we humans would much rather robots do, like collecting wastewater samples from our sewers. For other jobs, like cleaning, robots can perform helpful tasks that compliment work already done by humans. But there is no doubt that when robots get to work, human jobs are in danger.

Fortune's Michal Lev-Ram and Brian O'Keefe are joined by their colleague, Jeremy Kahn, who writes about robotics. They're also joined by Biobot's Mariana Matus and Julie Shah of MIT and author of the forthcoming book, "What to Expect When You're Expecting Robots."

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