R.2.4 Annotate the Text-Pros VS Cons Chart (8th)

Evidence: “Employment for paralegals and lawyers has grown robustly.” Which claim correctly matches this evidence?

• Automation lowers costs and increases demand.

• Automation creates new job opportunities.

• Automation leads to job loss and lower wages.

• Automation increases inequality.

Evidence: “ATMs made it cheaper to operate bank branches, so banks dramatically increased their number of offices.” Which claim correctly matches this evidence?

• Automation creates new job opportunities.

• Automation lowers costs and increases demand.

• Automation leads to job loss and lower wages.

• Automation increases inequality.

Evidence: “Between 1990 and 2007, automation lowered both the number of jobs available and the amount those jobs paid.” Which claim correctly matches this evidence?

• Automation increases inequality.

• Automation creates new job opportunities.

• Automation leads to job loss and lower wages.

• Automation lowers costs and increases demand.

Evidence: “The rise of artificial intelligence is likely to extend this job destruction deep into the middle classes.” Which claim correctly matches this evidence?

• Automation lowers costs and increases demand.

• Automation leads to job loss and lower wages.

• Automation creates new job opportunities.

• Automation increases inequality.

Sort each claim into the correct category: PROS of Automation and CONS of Automation.

Sort each claim into the correct category:

• Automation leads to job loss

• PRO

• Automation creates new job opportunities

• CON

• Automation lowers the costs of things

• CON

• Automation makes things unfair

• PRO