Mnuchin: Automation `not even on our radar screen’

Mnuchin: Automation `not even on our radar screen'

Companies are investing heaps of money to develop artificial-intelligence technologies that promise to transform industries as varied as transportation, finance and health care. That all adds up to big economic change, technologists warn.

But for Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, the artificial intelligence revolution and its impact on the U.S. workforce is "not even on our radar screen." In an interview with Axios, Mnuchin predicted the technology was still 50 to 100 years from displacing human jobs.

"I’m not worried at all," he said. "In fact, I’m optimistic."His remarks contrast with a growing body of research that suggests the economic shift will […]

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