Robot dogs priced at $300,000 a piece are now guarding some of the country’s biggest data centers
Jonathan Stephens
March 17, 2026
> In a recent interview with Fortune, Zak Kidd, founder of AI company AskHumans—which has been used by organizations like the World Bank and Fidelity—said that while AI threatens white-collar work, robots could one day poach jobs that require physical labor.
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> “I see AI as an augmentation of knowledge work,” he said. “But I see robotics, humanoid robotics, as a replacement for manual work.”
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