If the robot threat proves overblown and automation is not as transformative as is predicted or feared, then none of those efforts will have been in vain-they are answers not just to the threat of robots, but also to many other issues that challenge U.S. economic potential. “Our economy has a lot of problems,” says Northwestern University economist Robert Gordon. “If you’re looking for new problems, it’s not robots.” It makes more sense to adapt to robot’s taking our old jobs