The media tell us artificial intelligence will replace millions of jobs. John Stossel says they’re right, but that doesn’t mean we should fear it.
Stossel says the Teamsters are protesting self-driving cars, asking government for more regulation, hoping to stop AI vehicles from taking delivery, taxi-driver and truck-driver jobs. That’s a fight they can’t win.
Loom weavers, typists, telephone operators, bank tellers and many other jobs were destroyed because of new technology. It won’t stop happening and AI will make it happen faster. Here’s his report.