Sir Tim Berners-Lee believes the use of AI in the workplace may necessitate a universal basic income for people whose jobs are automated.
Speaking at Dell EMC World, the inventor of the web discussed some of the fears surrounding AI, including the idea that algorithms, machine intelligence and robots will leave a growing number of people unemployed.
He said: "Let’s talk about robots replacing jobs; robots taking my job. If you talk to a journalist, or if you talk to the mayor of a city, the first take you’ll get on AI, and the biggest take, is: ‘are robots going to […]
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