KimJane Kim, one of 11 city supervisors in San Francisco, has been considering ways to implement a tax on robots in the city. Under Jane Kim's provisional plans, companies which use robots to complete tasks previously done by humans would pay a tax to the city. These funds could then be used to retrain workers who have lost their jobs to automation, or go toward the provision of a basic income. Jane Kim has been talking to labour groups, technology firms and public policy experts about the possibility of setting up a task force that would look more closely at the issue.
Jane Kim, one of 11 city supervisors in San Francisco, has been considering ways to implement a tax on robots in the city. Under Kim's provisional plans, companies which use robots to complete tasks previously done by humans would pay a tax to the city. These funds could then be used to retrain workers who have lost their jobs to automation, or go toward the provision of a basic income. Kim has been talking to labour groups, technology firms and public policy experts about the possibility of setting up a task force that would look more closely at the issue.