General Article Britons think artificial intelligence will cost jobs… but not their own

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Six in ten expect more jobs will be lost to robotics and AI than will be created.

By Matthew Smith

BT will reportedly be shedding up to 55,000 jobs by the end of the decade with up to a fifth replaced by technologies including artificial intelligence.

The results of a new YouGov poll show that almost two thirds of Britons (64%) believe ‘more jobs will be lost to automation by robotics/AI than will be created’, with a mere 7% expecting they will create more opportunities than they close down. ...

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