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Worker-protection laws aren't ready for an automated future

  • Written by Jeffrey Hirsch, Geneva Yeargan Rand Distinguished Professor of Law, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Uber and Lyft drivers protest their working conditions in Los Angeles in May 2019.AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes

Science fiction has long imagined a future in which humans constantly interact with robots and intelligent machines. This future is already happening in warehouses and manufacturing businesses. Other workers use virtual or augmented reality...

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