Canadian Affairs
In early June, Ottawa unveiled AI for All, a strategy aimed at increasing AI adoption from about 12 per cent of Canadian businesses today to 60 per cent by 2034.
The strategy projects broader AI adoption will lead to $200 billion in economic growth and the creation of 250,000 AI-related jobs over the next five years.
Not everyone is so optimistic. Some say AI is likely to wipe out jobs, and that the government should create a guaranteed basic income to cushion displaced workers.
“I don’t think [AI has] changed the case for [a basic income],” said Floyd Marinescu, founder of the Canadian advocacy group UBI Works.
“I think it’s just made it more urgent.”
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