Nathan Zorzi, assistant professor of economics. (Photo by Julia Levine ’23) Robots, artificial intelligence, and other automation technologies enable companies to produce more. They also displace workers from their jobs, wreaking havoc on those who have no other training and are financially vulnerable.
Research by Dartmouth and Massachusetts Institute of Technology economists featured in this week’s National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Working Papers says the speed of automation is excessive and should be cut in half.
“Firms do not necessarily take into account the consequences that automation has for their workers. Instead, they tend to focus on the value that […]
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