A future of ‘digital twins’? MIT study says AI could wipe out over 1.2 trillion dollars in jobs

The future of work may already have a clone, and it lives inside a computer. A new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology finds that artificial intelligence can already replace 11.7% of the US labour market, putting about $1.2 trillion in wages at risk.

And unlike past fears focused mostly on tech workers, researchers say this wave of disruption is spreading across finance, health care and professional services too.