Cloning extinct or endangered species should come as no surprise in the annals of anthropogenic busywork.

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Once the busywork is done a human artisan can put the final touches on by hand.

ENGADGET: Robotic sculptor

Central to the strategy is Schwab's claim that a lot of what constitutes "advice" by financial planners is really busywork.

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Scheid wants to put on the web data-entry tools that let customers do much of the busywork themselves and then go to an adviser for the judgment calls.

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Ever since we (as a society) first plugged computers called "gaming consoles" into our televisions, we've been following an archaic process of swapping remotes and pushing buttons and all sorts of needless busywork.

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In the past few years, a handful of IT vendors have begun offering a new breed of engineered systems or optimized systems designed to offer pre-bundled and pre-tested purpose-built machines that free customers from the drudgery of endless integration busywork.

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This technology sees most of its use doing the busywork or changing the scale of a pieces for individual sculptors (present a ten-inch prototype and get a twenty-foot sculpture back), and with architects and contractors who want custom carvings but don't feel like spending the time and money necessary for it to be done by actual people.

ENGADGET: Robotic sculptor