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By Jason Lange and Alexandra Alper

WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (Reuters) – Americans are deeply concerned over the prospect that advances in artificial intelligence could put swaths of the country out of work permanently, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.

The six-day poll, which concluded on Monday, showed…