Robots Are Coming for All Jobs, Even Security Guards

Vanessa Wingardh, June 29, 2026, (13 mins).
Description: Robots used to struggle to walk, now they're patrolling the streets. AI is what makes the headlines when it comes to job replacement but the industry quietly doing the replacing is 'robotics.' And thanks to the investment craze around AI, robotics has also received a financial boost.

Here's the point I did not get into in the video. Notice how automation gets sold depending on whose job is on the line.

When it comes to white collar workers, the pitch is that it will handle the boring work. When it comes to blue collar workers, the pitch is that it will handle the dangerous work. Either way, the framing is the same: it's here to help us, to take the parts of our job we didn't want anyway.

But that's the story they tell us the public, who they need on board for our replacements. The story they tell the corporations who they are actually selling to is much simpler: it cuts costs. The only problem is we're the costs.
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