‘Don’t rush into IR4.0, lest more will be jobless’

‘Don’t rush into IR4.0, lest more will be jobless’

Pix for representational purpose only. PETALING JAYA: A rush by industries to embrace technology and automation may be detrimental to employment prospects for Malaysians, according to an academic.

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia principal research fellow Prof Datuk Dr Teo Kok Seong said the Covid-19 pandemic has already posed a major threat to employment in the country.

He said if industries embrace the fourth industrial revolution (IR4.0) too soon, a lot more people will lose their jobs, exacerbating the unemployment problem.“We should not rush into adopting artificial intelligence (AI) and automation at the expense of employees,” he told theSun yesterday.In any case, Malaysia […]

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