The majority of Americans believe that artificial intelligence will replace more jobs than it creates. That fear has given rise to the idea of a universal basic income that would protect people from any AI-caused workforce upheaval.
But sociology professor Katherine Newman of the University of Massachusetts Boston thinks a better approach is retraining workers for jobs that will be relevant in the face of new technology. She explains how workers can best be trained to succeed in an increasingly automated economy.
Also today:
Top story
|
Robots have already started moving into Amazon’s workforce alongside people.
AP Photo/Mary Altaffer
Katherine Newman, University of Massachusetts Boston
Many Americans fear that AI will take their jobs. And it might – but it's more complicated than that.
|
Politics + Society
|
-
Miles A. Pomper, Middlebury
The US has 50 nuclear bombs stored in Turkey. As tensions rise between the two countries, a look at how they got there and what might happen next.
-
Shelley Inglis, University of Dayton
Almost 4 million Syrian refugees live in Turkey, which has taken noteworthy steps to integrate them into the country in the past five years. Will Turkey now try to force those refugees back to Syria?
|
|
|
|
|
|
Science + Technology
|
-
Stephanie Spera, University of Richmond
To untangle the relationship between climate change, fall foliage and national park visitors, researchers are asking tourists to check their old photo albums for snapshots that could hold valuable data.
-
Christopher Ferrie, University of Technology Sydney
A leaked research paper shows that quantum computer researchers may have overtaken conventional ones for the first time
|
|
Most read on site
|
-
Christopher R. Moore, University of South Carolina
Why did Earth's climate rapidly cool 12,800 years ago? Evidence is mounting that a comet or asteroid collision is to blame, with new support coming from the bottom of a South Carolina lake.
-
Martin Abel, Middlebury
Women in the workplace face discrimination at every level, including in upper management.
-
Matt Bertone, North Carolina State University
This Speed Read makes the case why you should be nice to spiders you encounter in your home and consider a live-and-let-live policy.
|
|
|
|
|
Ask them to sign up at https://theconversation.com/us/newsletter |
|
|
|