Rise of the robots

Sir, – Recently my local bank branch closed its business desk and now expects customers to lodge cheques themselves through a machine.

Surely it is only a matter of time before the robots come for the chief executives and their bonuses. At this point an algorithm may be in the best interest of the State, the shareholders and the customers. – Yours, etc,

HUGH HACKETT,

Milltown,

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Dublin 6.