We argue theoretically and document empirically that aging leads to greater (industrial) automation, and in particular … older to middle-aged workers — is associated with greater adoption of robots and other automation technologies across … development of automation technologies in countries undergoing greater demographic change. Our directed technological change model …

humans can be productively employed. Recent technological change has been biased towards automation, with insufficient focus … tendency is to develop AI in the direction of further automation, but this might mean missing out on the promise of the "right …

. Low-skill (high-skill) automation corresponds to tasks performed by low-skill (high-skill) labor being taken over by … capital. Automation displaces the type of labor it directly affects, depressing its wage. Through ripple effects, automation … also affects the real wage of other workers. Counteracting these forces, automation creates a positive productivity effect …