As some sectors of the economy ease into reopening, the future of many of the lost jobs to coronavirus is questionable, concludes a report released Wednesday by Georgia State University researchers.
Artificial intelligence and automation have been eating away for years at jobs such as those in food and hotel services, retail trade, manufacturing, and sales. The shutdowns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic could hasten and expand the process of automation and job losses as companies and consumers were forced into quickly adapting new technologies and ways of doing things that are not likely to change.
“(T)he pandemic may be increasing […]
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