NEWARK, Del. (AP) - Former vice president Joe Biden says Americans are capable of finding ways to harness automation and technological advances to spur job growth and creation, not just worrying about robots replacing humans.
During a discussion on job creation and the economy Tuesday at the University of Delaware, Biden said Americans have always been able to bend change to the greater good.
Joining Biden for the panel discussion were U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, MGM Resorts International CEO Jim Murren, former National Economic Council adviser Byron Auguste, and Mary Kay Henry, president of the Service Employees International Union.
Panelists agreed that employers, and even jobseekers, must overcome the idea that blue-collar workers and those with little formal education aren't capable of learning the skills they will need in an increasingly technological workplace.
