Is AI really coming for our jobs and wages? Past predictions of a ‘robot apocalypse’ offer some clues
- Written by Tom Coupe, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Canterbury
Getty ImagesThe robots were taking our jobs – or so we were told over a decade ago. The same warnings are regularly heard today about the likely impact of artificial intelligence (AI).
Tech breakthroughs have long stirred fears of workplaces being wiped out by automation, with generative AI platforms such as ChatGPT inspiring the latest...
