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Artificial intelligence may take your job, so political leaders need to start doing theirs

  • Written by Alan Montague, Senior Lecturer/Program Director, masters program in human resources management, RMIT University
Artificial intelligence may take your job, so political leaders need to start doing theirsAI researchers think there is a 50% chance AI will outperform humans in all tasks in 45 years and that almost all current human jobs can be automated in 120 years.Shutterstock

Over the next decade up to 40% of jobs could be replaced by automation. That’s according to a forecast from the Committee for the Economic Development of Australia.

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