TECHNIS is pleased to invite you to a free webinar. TECHNIS webinars focus on IP and innovation examining recent legal, economic, managerial, ethical and policy issues related to technological innovation. Our approach is interdisciplinary and presentations are given by experts in different fields such as economics, law, management, STS, sociology, anthropology and philosophy. Webinar presentations last for 20min and are followed by a 40min discussion.

Please join us for a webinar on Tuesday the 16th of April 2024 at 11:00 London time i.e. 12:00 Brussels time, 13:00 Athens time. The speaker is Maik Schneider, University of Graz. The title of the talk is “Public Policy Responses to AI".

This webinar is free and open to all. The moderator is Dr. Andreas Panagopoulos. 

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Abstract: With the 4th Industrial Revolution ahead there is huge uncertainty about the likely labour market impacts ranging from massive layoffs as a response to Automation and AI to the view that overall more jobs will be created than lost. Whatever the outcome in the end, there will be major structural change with substantial implications for individual labour income risk. We argue that precautionary savings are an ineffective protection against labour market risk arising from major technological shifts and discuss four policy instruments, 1) a private insurance scheme, 2) a universal basic income, 3) a robot tax, and 4) a governmental insurance scheme. Further, we examine whether these policy instruments are suitable to achieve high and inclusive growth.