{"id":21697,"date":"2026-01-25T11:37:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T10:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/25\/ai-needs-to-augment-rather-than-replace-humans-or-the-workplace-is-doomed-heather-stewart\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T11:37:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T10:37:56","slug":"ai-needs-to-augment-rather-than-replace-humans-or-the-workplace-is-doomed-heather-stewart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/25\/ai-needs-to-augment-rather-than-replace-humans-or-the-workplace-is-doomed-heather-stewart\/","title":{"rendered":"AI needs to augment rather than replace humans or the workplace is doomed | Heather Stewart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tech could lose its social acceptance unless it makes people\u2019s lives better \u2013 and trade unions want an urgent conversation <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho wouldn\u2019t want a robot to watch over your kids?\u201d Elon Musk asked Davos delegates last week, as he looked forward with enthusiasm to a world with \u201cmore robots than people\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Not me, thanks: children need the human connection \u2013 the love \u2013 that gives life meaning.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/jan\/25\/ai-augment-rather-than-replace-workplace-doomed\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/033d3484112fef94a74cd5dc5ec833ed85d2b99c\/454_0_2917_2334\/master\/2917.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=a5791c4560b669b0c596673f189d5b97\" title=\"AI needs to augment rather than replace humans or the workplace is doomed | Heather Stewart\" \/>Tech could lose its social acceptance unless it makes people\u2019s lives better \u2013 and trade unions want an urgent conversation<br \/>\n\u201cWho wouldn\u2019t want a robot to watch over your kids?\u201d Elon Musk asked Davos delegates last week, as he looked forward with enthusiasm to a world with \u201cmore robots than people\u201d.<br \/>\nNot me, thanks: children need the human connection \u2013 the love \u2013 that gives life meaning. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tech could lose its social acceptance unless it makes people\u2019s lives better \u2013 and trade unions want an urgent conversation \u201cWho wouldn\u2019t want a robot to watch over your kids?\u201d Elon Musk asked Davos delegates last week, as he looked forward with enthusiasm to a world with \u201cmore robots than people\u201d. Not me, thanks: children &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/25\/ai-needs-to-augment-rather-than-replace-humans-or-the-workplace-is-doomed-heather-stewart\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">AI needs to augment rather than replace humans or the workplace is doomed | Heather Stewart<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":21698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21697"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}