The Policy Challenges of Automation

• Main Author: Nicolas Miailhe
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Institut Veolia Environnement 2017-12-01
• Series: Field Actions Science Reports
• Subjects: universal basic income; personalized education; active labor market programs; technological unemployment; job automation; STEM education
• Online Access: http://journals.openedition.org/factsreports/4476

According to our analysis, making the AI revolution work for everyone will require systemic reforms, and the potential reinvention of social security, redistribution mechanisms, as well as education and skill development systems, to allow for repeated and viable professional transitions. Policy and regulatory frameworks will also need rebalancing to protect the most vulnerable from socio-economic exclusion, to prevent algorithmic discrimination and privacy abuses, to ensure control and accountability, as well as to avoid an exacerbation of wealth and opportunity inequalities.