Watch and prepare to adopt new technologies - Productivity Commission

Watch and prepare to adopt new technologies - Productivity Commission
Gavin Evans
By Gavin Evans Sept. 12 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand should monitor the impact of new technologies on labour markets internationally while looking for ways to improve our capacity to take them up and adapt to any changes that result, the Productivity Commission says. While some forecasters are predicting deep jobs losses in some sectors from the take up of artificial intelligence and other forms of automation, the commission says the rate of uptake of technology internationally appears to be slowing rather than accelerating. And while...

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