It's official: Microsoft's regional artificial intelligence hub has a home in Louisville

The report states that 28.6% of Louisville's jobs are at "high risk" of being automated. A central purpose in this partnership is to make sure Louisville is well-equipped for the technological revolution, according to Grace Simrall, chief of Civic Innovation and Technology for Louisville Metro Government. "Experts know that automation and AI are coming," Simrall previously told The Courier Journal. "They know that they will probably destroy tasks and potentially even jobs faster than we can replace them if we don't do something about it." Fischer also announced Wednesday afternoon that Ben Reno-Weber, a social entrepreneur and project director of the independent, non-partisan civic data initiative The Greater Louisville Project, will serve as director of the Future of Work Initiative.