Bank Of England Economist Warns `Large Swathes` Of Jobs At Risk From AI
(WorldNews China)

The Bank of England’s chief economist Andy Haldane has warned that artificial intelligence could bring about the same levels of job displacement as the First Industrial Revolution. Speaking to the BBC’s Today Programme, Haldane went on to say that unless there was a skills revolution, “large swathes” of the population would be left “technologically unemployed.” Referring to the First Industrial Revolution of the Victorian era Haldane said: “Jobs were...