OPINIONISTA: Robots, climate change and the future of jobs By Reinhardt Arp and Khodani Mulaudzi
On the eve of the Fourth Industrial Revolution , where artificial intelligence and automation are expected to alter our understanding of and relationship with work, you may be forgiven for having a somewhat pessimistic view of the future of work.
In light of the mega-trends of climate change and automation, it is imperative that South Africa actively plans for and manages a just transition to a more sustainable and inclusive society. This, in turn, threatens their comparative advantage in the global labour market. According to a recent World Bank report, two-thirds of the developing world’s labour is susceptible to automation. ThisInstead of pitting policy choices as a zero-sum game between addressing climate change and generating new jobs, we urgently need to start engaging in a fundamentally different conversation that takes an integrated approach to policy making.
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