Subject: Automation and the Key to the Future
From: "Levi Tillemann" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 14:25:17 -0400

Hunter--

This is Levi. I’m going to call this note “automation and the key to the future.” Let me explain. I’ve been talking about the challenges of automation for some time. I’ve written about it on my campaign’s “Issues” page. But I saw a real life example of robots taking human jobs at the hardware store today that was a bit jarring – in no small part because the robot was better, cheaper and more convenient than a human would have likely been.

Our team is shifting into a bigger office and we needed to copy some keys. When I walked into Lowes looking for an employee to do the job, I instead found what looked like a high-tech vending machine. It was a robot. The process was simple: select the kind of key you want to copy (you could choose a normal key, a Colorado flag key, a Broncos key or some other design), insert your existing key and let the robots go to work.

It was so efficient and seamless that I was taken aback. I copied five keys – which would have probably been something like 30 mins of human labor. Then I personally tested each one; They worked perfectly. And by the time I got back to the office, my finance director had been emailed a receipt. (The kiosk even allowed you to donate $1 to planting trees.)

This is why automation is going to be a challenge. Once relegated to assembly lines, robots are now capable of performing complex tasks in the physical world – often outperforming humans. That’s part of why I’m running for Congress: the key to the future is to have representatives in government who not only understand automation but are laser focused on ensuring that the Fourth Industrial Revolution doesn’t impoverish American workers.

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