Future work: why machines won’t generate mass unemployment

More than changing what jobs we do, automation is changing the way we do our jobs. AP by Andrew Charlton

Technological change has long been a source of anxiety for workers . Today, improvements in communications, robotics and machine intelligence are rekindling age-old concerns that technology will soon force millions of people out of work . But the doomsayers who claim machines will generate mass unemployment are misreading the signs.

Despite the recent spate of negative reports, the current speed at which machines are taking over human work is no faster than during past waves of technological change. The annual […]

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