Learning Occupational Task-Shares Dynamics for the Future of Work

© 2020 Copyright held by the owner/author(s). The recent wave of AI and automation has been argued to differ from previous General Purpose Technologies (GPTs), in that it may lead to rapid change in occupations' underlying task requirements and persistent technological unemployment. In this pap...

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Main Authors: Das, Subhro (Author), Steffen, Sebastian (Author), Clarke, Wyatt (Author), Reddy, Prabhat (Author), Brynjolfsson, Erik (Author), Fleming, Martin (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: ACM, 2021-11-03T18:33:22Z.
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