UK needs plan in case of 'unprecedented' AI job losses, says minister
Kanishka Narayan says one of his top priorities is to have a plan in place if job losses are as bad as some fear.
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"If it's going to hit us in a big way, you are going to want to be as ahead of the curve as possible."
— Kanishka Narayan , Politician
"In a worst case scenario you could have about 8 million jobs being negatively affected by this."
— Carsten Jung , Academic
"creating the conditions in which working people become victims of AI."
— Mike Clancy , Executive
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Kanishka Narayan says one of his top priorities is to have a plan in place if job losses are as bad as some fear.
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