The debate about automation rarely distinguishes between types of human skill. Headlines cluster around whether a job category will disappear, not around the specific physical and cognitive capabilities that make certain tasks hard for machines to replicate. The academic literature draws precise distinctions, and those distinctions change the picture considerably.
The debate about automation rarely distinguishes between types of human skill. Headlines cluster around whether a job category will disappear, not around the specific physical and cognitive capabilities that make certain tasks hard for machines to replicate. The academic literature draws precise distinctions, and those distinctions change the picture considerably.