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Don't fear a 'robot apocalypse' – tomorrow's digital jobs will be more satisfying and higher-paid

  • Written by Christos A. Makridis, Professor/Economist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tomorrow's good jobs will require digital skills like programming. alvarez/Getty Images

If you’re concerned that automation and artificial intelligence are going to disrupt the economy over the next decade, join the club. But while policymakers and academics agree there’ll be significant disruption, they differ about its impact.

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