Überblick
"(...) AI is a fast-evolving technology with great potential to make workers more productive, to make firms more
efficient, and to spur innovations in new products and services. At the same time, AI can also be used to automate
existing jobs and exacerbate inequality, and it can lead to discrimination against workers. While previous
technological advances in automation have tended to affect “routine” tasks, AI has the potential to automate
“nonroutine” tasks, exposing large new swaths of the workforce to potential disruption. The challenge for
policymakers is to foster progress and innovation in AI while shielding workers and consumers from potential types
of harm that could arise. Parts I and II of this report introduce AI and document its widespread adoption in the
European Union and the United States; part III focuses on AI’s impact on labor; part IV contains case studies on
hiring and logistics; part V concludes. (...)"