The (false) robot invasion

Washington

THE robots are coming - but not in numbers that would imperil most Americans' jobs. Few subjects have inspired as much hype as robots. Consider some sample headlines: "Robots and computers could take half our jobs within the next 20 years", "Robots could put humans out of work by 2045", "Why the highest-paid doctors are the most vulnerable to automation".

Here's why you should be sceptical, at least in the near term.

First, there's little evidence that robots have yet …