Even before the pandemic, the economy was seeing a shift to automation, as companies looked for cheaper, more efficient ways to build their products or serve more customers. Now the pandemic has led ...

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From actors and screenwriters to dockworkers and autoworkers, the threat of artificial intelligence and automation taking over jobs has led to efforts at closing the gates and keeping them out of ...

This article is part of a VB special issue. Read the full series: Automation and jobs in the new normal. Depending on who you ask, AI and automation will either destroy jobs or create new ones. In ...

Automation was already expected to wipe out millions of jobs. The pandemic has accelerated their demise. Nearly 9 million workers switched occupations during the health crisis – from 2019 to 2022 – 50 ...