MIT Report: Robots Aren’t the Biggest Threat to the Future of Work—Policy Is

MIT Report: Robots Aren’t the Biggest Threat to the Future of Work—Policy Is

building-1210022_1280 office future of work Fears of a robot-driven jobs apocalypse are a recurring theme in the media. But a new report from MIT has found that technology is creating as many jobs as it destroys, and bad policy is a bigger threat to workers than automation .

Ever since a landmark 2013 paper from the University of Oxford estimated that 47 percent of US jobs were at risk of automation, there’s been growing concern about how technology will shape the future of work . Last year another influential study reported that robots could replace up to 20 million jobs […]

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