A new Senate report warns that artificial intelligence could displace nearly 100 million U.S. jobs within the next decade, spurring Democrats to push for a "robot tax" on companies that replace human workers with tech.
The analysis produced by Democratic staffers on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee was driven by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt).
Partly informed by responses from ChatGPT, 20 major workforce sectors were examined. It was found that 15 could see more than half of their positions replaced by AI systems or robotics.
