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What the Industrial Revolution really tells us about the future of automation and work

  • Written by Moshe Y. Vardi, Professor of Computer Science, Rice University
imageWhere are all the people in this factory?AP Photo/Jeff Chiu

As automation and artificial intelligence technologies improve, many people worry about the future of work. If millions of human workers no longer have jobs, the worriers ask, what will people do, how will they provide for themselves and their families, and what changes might occur (or be...

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