AI development needs reining in whether it creates jobs or not

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It seems that not a day passes without fevered headlines about the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on future jobs. Alarm and confusion are everywhere – from young people trying to enter the job market to AI specialists worried their role is about to be usurped by AI itself to accountants and lawyers watching AI gobble up roles that until recently justified high fees and salaries.Panic is warranted, not just over the increasingly rapid encroachment of AI into every part of our personal...