Robots Are Coming for Our Jobs Sooner Than You Think
“Back in March, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin sat down with Axios to talk about his role in the newly formed Trump Administration. Mnuchin said a lot of outlandish things during the course of this interview, from claiming the president had “perfect genes” to proposing we “look at putting Trump on the $1,000 bill.” Most of this was the standard, 2017 circus nonsense we’ve come to expect from those in the president’s inner circle. But one exchange in particular should give American workers pause.
Midway through the conversation, interviewer Mike Allen asked Mnuchin about the threat of mass job loss from automation and artificial intelligence. A previous guest, Mark Cuban, was very focused on how it might affect the workforce. “What’s your take on that?,” Allen asked…”
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https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/gy5wbq/robots-are-coming-for-our-jobs-sooner-than-you-think