A NEW REPORT published by the Brookings Institution states that 46.1 percent of tasks in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area are susceptible to automation by 2030. / COURTESY BROOKINGS INSTITUTION
PROVIDENCE – A new report from the Brookings Institution released Thursday states that 46.1 percent of the average share of tasks in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area are susceptible to automation for all occupations by 2030. The report, titled “Automation and Artificial Intelligence: How machines are affecting people and places” by Brookings’ Metropolitan Policy Program,…