On the face of it, a robot tax sounds appealing. This perspective suggests that as robots take over human jobs, a tax could mitigate job losses, provide funding for retraining programmes and support social safety nets, thus preventing the widening of the wealth gap and inequalities. But won’t job loss due to AI be a transitory phenomenon in the long run?
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