Ocasio-Cortez: we should not fear automation

Ocasio-Cortez: we should not fear automation

Democrat Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has told an audience at the South by Southwest (SXSW) conference that we should not be fearful of automation replacing jobs en masse.

“We should not be haunted by the spectre of being automated out of work,” she said in response to a question about how automation will impact on the workforce.

“We should be excited by that. But the reason we’re not excited by it is because we live in a society where if you don’t have a job, you are left to die. And that is, at its core, our problem.” Ocasio-Cortez: In US "if […]

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