Here's How Automation Will Prevent Trump's Job Promises

One of the more resounding aspects of president-elect Donald Trump's campaign platform was his vow of job creation -- or job restoration -- by bringing back jobs that American companies have shipped overseas. In his column for The Washington Post, renowned expert Vivek Wadhwa explains why he thinks Trump will have a difficult time implementing his plans in the face of the expected shift toward automation. "[A]dvancements in technology and how they reshape our economy may also keep him from delivering on some of the major promises that made him so popular during the campaign season," writes Wadhwa, who's a fellow at Stanford University's Rock Center for Corporate Governance, director of research for the Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization at Duke, and a distinguished fellow at the Singularity University. This isn't because artificial intelligence (AI) is out to get Trump (or us). It's just that technology's been on a course toward automation, and no one can change that. The trends all point towards a future of job automation, Wadhwa explains in the article.