Automation and the future of jobs

Published: June 9, 2021, 1:32 a.m.

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Economist Daniel Susskind asks what the new wave of high-tech automation means for jobs. He hears from a company leading the way in the development of driverless trucks, and a long-haul truck driver who\\u2019s deeply worried about it. If jobs like trucking disappear, many of America\\u2019s millions of drivers may be forced into sectors like the service industry, but, as we hear on our visit to the world\\u2019s first automated restaurant, that isn\\u2019t immune to automation either. With technology already encroaching on traditionally white collar jobs as well, there\\u2019s only so much education and retraining can do.

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