What the Robots are Doing to the Middle Class

What the Robots are Doing to the Middle Class

PAUL BUCHHEIT FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT (Photo: FANUC 6-axis welding robots) The simplistic response to the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on employment is that we’ve experienced this before, during the Industrial Revolution and beyond, and that the "market" will eventually provide plenty of jobs. The reality is that tens of millions of Americans will have to accept food service and retail and personal care jobs that don’t pay a living wage.

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