we talked about the propensity for a large number of workers' jobs to be affected by automation/A.I. in the coming decades (such as the transportation/trucking industry). Some students felt the U.S. government should regulate it so that lots of people weren't put out of work by automation. Or that the govt. should limit it to only jobs that were dangerous for humans. They felt that something should be done to limit or stop automation from coming in large part to protect people's paychecks and livelihood. Some felt that the government should allow it to come but somehow get involved in helping laid-off-due-to-automation workers get retrained for another job/industry. Other students felt that companies should be able to implement automation, but should pay their laid-off employees at least a portion of their salary for the rest of their working-life. They felt this would ease the impact for a transition period. Some didn't trust the government to do that, and some didn't trust companies to do that. I mentioned that lots of jobs and even industries - like transportation by horses - have been put out of work before due to innovative advancements, without anything being done for anyone, other than the ability to collect unemployment pay while searching for your next job. It's a complex problem. What are your thoughts? What do you think the best approach or response would be?
we talked about the propensity for a large number of workers' jobs to be affected by automation/A.I. in the coming decades (such as the transportation/trucking industry).
Some students felt the U.S. government should regulate it so that lots of people weren't put out of work by automation. Or that the govt. should limit it to only jobs that were dangerous for humans. They felt that something should be done to limit or stop automation from coming in large part to protect people's paychecks and livelihood.
Some felt that the government should allow it to come but somehow get involved in helping laid-off-due-to-automation workers get retrained for another job/industry.
Other students felt that companies should be able to implement automation, but should pay their laid-off employees at least a portion of their salary for the rest of their working-life. They felt this would ease the impact for a transition period.
Some didn't trust the government to do that, and some didn't trust companies to do that.
I mentioned that lots of jobs and even industries - like transportation by horses - have been put out of work before due to innovative advancements, without anything being done for anyone, other than the ability to collect
It's a complex problem. What are your thoughts? What do you think the best approach or response would be?
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