COVID-19 will accelerate automation, and we must embrace it

The pandemic will accelerate automation for two main reasons: recessions beget innovation, and the health crisis incentivizes digitization.

The robots are taking over. COVID’s impact on automation and reallocation cannot be avoided and in fact should be actively encouraged since it is the only way to ensure that Canada emerges stronger from this crisis, writes Joël Blit.Image courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY JOëL BLIT

October 26, 2020

WATERLOO—Over the last decade, the rise of robotics and artificial intelligence has emerged as a critical topic of discussion. By some estimates,

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