The White House is preparing to replace millions of US government workers with robots, if comments by a senior technology official is anything to go by.
Writing on the White House blog, Ed Felten, deputy US chief technology officer, says the government is working with various agencies to integrate artificial intelligence systems into its operations.
His title for the piece takes the view that the government is “preparing for the future”, and talks of the “tremendous opportunities… across the federal government in privacy, security, regulation, law, and research and development” in incorporating AI into government.
The US government currently employs approximately 22 million humans.
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