The inequitable effects of the robot revolution

The inequitable effects of the robot revolution

ROSALIND LIANG/THE VARSITY The adoption of technology commercially can be a slow process, but COVID-19 has accelerated it as firms try to reduce the number of humans in the workplace.

Artificial intelligence has long sparked fear of unemployment due to automation. While the risk of job loss depends on a variety of factors — such as the ease with which a robot could replace a task — the social implications of automation are different for men and women.

A recent study by Statistics Canada estimated the unequal risk of job transformation faced by men and women as a result of […]

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