Cities will automate first. We should prepare now
“Estimates for the number of jobs potentially displaced by automation vary dramatically, depending who is doing the measurement. But it’s reasonable to assume that people in certain industries will indeed be greatly impacted, while others not as much. And it’s also safe to say that any mass displacement of workers would create a range of bad outcomes—poverty and populism top the list—that we can and must deliberately plan for now. We must re-tool the workforce, be ever learning, and open to rapid change to reduce the negative impact.
The urban environment will be the testing ground for these new technologies impacting the workforce, particularly in the transportation sector. The shift toward autonomy—whether with cars, trucks, trains, buses, or delivery robots on the sidewalk or in the air—is already happening…”
http://www.impactlab.net/2018/08/17/cities-will-automate-first-we-should-prepare-now/
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