Bots eyed to replace government workers, save $3.3 billion

Source: Washington Examiner | February 5, 2018 | Paul Bedard

Robotics are being eyed to replace some government workers, potentially saving $3.3 billion and speeding simple processing of forms and payments by a whopping 80 percent, according to a new report.

Called a “no collar workforce,” robotics and software would be put in dozens of positions, from quickly forwarding emails to checking forms like tax returns for missing information, the type of busy work humans in the government do.

A new report issued Monday from Deloitte on government tech trends said that a handful of states and several federal agencies, including Treasury, were looking at “bots.”

Under the header, “There is a bot for that,” Deloitte listed 15 “process jobs.”

In the government a “bot” would be more software than a physical robot like on an assembly line, said the firm which helps firms with AI. “It is not walking talking robots,” said Deloitte.

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