Why Do We Need More People In The US?
If artificial intelligence and robots are going to take over the workforce as some liberal think tanks are saying, why do we need millions of uneducated immigrants legal or not invading the United States?
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Robots aren’t replacing everyone, but a quarter of U.S. jobs will be severely disrupted as artificial intelligence accelerates the automation of existing work, according to a new Brookings Institution report.
The report, published Thursday, says roughly 36 million Americans hold jobs with “high exposure” to automation — meaning at least 70 percent of their tasks could soon be performed by machines using current technology. Among those most likely to be affected are cooks, waiters and others in food services; short-haul truck drivers; and clerical office workers.
“That population is going to need to upskill, reskill or change jobs fast,” said Mark Muro, a senior fellow at Brookings and lead author of the report. here….
2 thoughts on “Why Do We Need More People In The US?”
The more to fight over jobs that are left so that the focus is removed from the law makers. I agree – I know of no area where I look around and say ‘We need more people. City populations have swollen from population of outlying areas moving there for jobs – the ‘flyover’ town populations are dwindling, with older folks the predominant resident. Immigrants will likely settle down in cities as well for same reason.
And, yet, when we have an overpopulation, places still push for ‘living wages’ and ‘$15 an hour minimum’ and ‘abolish gig economy’ so, in effect, a large population of non-working is created.