Automation is set to have an impact far beyond the factory floor

Apr 6, 2017

The hand of humanoid robot AILA (artificial intelligence lightweight android) operates a switchboard during a demonstration by the German research centre for artificial intelligence at the CeBit computer fair in Hanover March, 5, 2013. The biggest fair of its kind open its doors to the public on March 5 and will run till March 9, 2013. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR3ELOG

White-collar workers in fields like journalism, finance, medicine, and law are seeing an increasing use of machines, but one much less damaging to workers' job prospects. Image: REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

Pedro Nicolaci da Costa

Editorial Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics

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