{Edchat} Employers vision for artificial intelligence is limiting workers

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Because implementing artificial intelligence would create new positions—such as people who would train machines or ensure that the machines do not, say, hurt humans—the Accenture analysis found that employment could increase by 10 percent due to the increased need for human-machine collaboration. Humans would need new digital skills to collaborate with machines, and “human-interface designers” (the people ensuring that machines are user-friendly) would become invaluable.

Source: Employers Are Failing Workers in the Age of AI – The Atlantic

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