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Will they take your job? According to Kevin Drum: Yes. And a lot sooner than you think.http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/10/you-will-lose-your-job-to-a-robot-and-sooner-than-you-think/ …
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9/ Automation will also likely make inequality even worse: corporations and the rich will be the first to benefit.
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10/ Maybe that’s why AI has renewed interest in ways to re-distribute wealth, such as universal basic income.http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/10/we-already-have-a-solution-for-the-robot-apocalypse-its-200-years-old/ …
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11/ Despite all this, AI and the coming loss of jobs is barely on the American political radar.
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12/ When the Obama White House released a report on the future of AI, less than a page discussed economic impacts.https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2016/10/12/administrations-report-future-artificial-intelligence …
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13/ Treasury Sec. Steven Mnuchin waved off AI as a threat to jobs, saying it’s “not even on my radar screen.”https://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/24/mnuchin-treasury-secretary-ai-automation-comments.html …
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14/ Schmidt, of Google's Alphabet, doesn’t see the government doing much to help.pic.twitter.com/CVytMt3Aq3
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15/ AI is something we need to take seriously.
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16/16 If Trump’s victory was aided by disgruntled working-class voters, then we’ll see an even bigger backlash when they start losing jobs.
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