The best way to deal with robots? Accept them
Artificial intelligence could put almost half of all jobs at risk in the coming decades... but there is no avoiding it. And the White House warns: the economy must be prepared for this transformation.
We need to stay alert, in case progress catches us by surprise. A report released by the White House estimates that within one or two decades, 9% to 47% of jobs will be threatened by computers. Artificial intelligence is at the door and policymakers must prepare the economy for that reality, warn the authors, quoted by MarketWatch.
According to the document, the most vulnerable sections of society are the most exposed to the effects of robots entering the labour market. That is, people with low levels of education and in lower-paid jobs. It is one of the concerns the document expresses: the country must invest in training its citizens for the jobs of the future, helping them through that transition.
AI translation from the Portuguese. First published in ECO on 5 January 2017.