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Worker-protection laws aren't ready for an automated future

  • Written by Jeffrey Hirsch, Geneva Yeargan Rand Distinguished Professor of Law, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Worker-protection laws aren't ready for an automated futureUber and Lyft drivers protest their working conditions in Los Angeles in May 2019.AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes

Science fiction has long imagined a future in which humans constantly interact with robots and intelligent machines. This future is already happening in warehouses and manufacturing businesses. Other workers use virtual or augmented reality...

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