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AI may not be bad news for workers
A new report argues that it can help them with their jobs
A SPECTRE is haunting workers—the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). The fear is that smart computer programs will eliminate millions of jobs, condemning a generation to minimum-wage drudgery or enforced idleness. Never mind the robots, fear the software.
This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “Artificial stimulant”
Business September 15th 2018
- China’s tech founders mostly keep an iron grip over their firms
- AI may not be bad news for workers
- CBS faces up to its #MeToo moment
- Volvo abandons its plans for an IPO
- The FDA moves to harsh the mellow of e-cigarettes
- Tech firms disrupt the property market
- A controversial new copyright law moves a step closer to approval
- America can’t control the global flow of ideas
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