Sorry, Congress: Your Tax Bill Won't Create the Jobs of the Future

Republicans argue that the lower taxes for corporations and wealthy individuals promised in the tax bill currently before Congress will result in new investment in businesses and more jobs. But in the age of artificial intelligence and automation, trickle-down economics won't create employment. What corporations and the US economy at large need most in this emerging era is not more free cash, but a new approach to machine-assisted human productivity and purpose. Olaf J. Groth (@olafgrothsf) is a professor of global strategy, innovation, and digital futures at Hult International Business School, as well as CEO of Cambrian.ai. With Mark Nitzberg he is the co-author of Solomon's Code: Humanity in a World of Thinking Machines, due in 2018.