Anticipating the Ethical Implications of Automation: A Cross-Country Study Using Generative Artificial Intelligence to Visualize Future Work Scenarios

Researchers used generative AI (artificial intelligence systems that create new content) to create visual scenarios of potential ethical problems caused by automation and robots, then had 90 workers from four countries rank how worried they were about each scenario. The study found that workers have three main concerns: risks to the environment and security from automation, fears about humans working too closely with robots, and worries about job changes and whether automation will be fair to everyone.