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robot tax

robot tax noun: a legislative strategy to delay or counteract the downsides of large-scale automation.

Noun

robot tax (plural robot taxes)

  1. A legislative strategy to delay or counteract the downsides of large-scale automation.
    • In a recent interview with Quartz, Gates said that a robot tax could finance jobs taking care of elderly people or working with kids in schools, for which needs are unmet and to which humans are particularly well suited.2017 February 17, Kevin J. Delaney, “The robot that takes your job should pay taxes, says Bill Gates”, in Quartz
    • Bill Gates recently made a case for taxing companies that own robots, which could delay their implementation and provide some money to retrain people whose jobs are lost. The San Francisco board of supervisors is considering a so-called robot tax.2017 October 6, Claire Martin, “A Robot Makes a Mean Caesar Salad, but Will It Cost Jobs?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of robot tax

pluralrobot taxes

Questions about robot tax

What does robot tax mean?
Robot tax means a legislative strategy to delay or counteract the downsides of large-scale automation.
What part of speech is robot tax?
Robot tax is a noun.
What is the plural of robot tax?
The plural of robot tax is robot taxes.

Words near robot tax in the dictionary

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