Automation Will be Tempered by Job Preservation: Port of Miami

Hydi Webb, port director for PortMiami, said at a hearing before the House Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee February 20 that her docks would actively resist a degree of automation that would result in sidelining longtime employees.

“We’re a strong union port and we don’t believe in replacing jobs through AI,” she said, according to FloridaPolitics.com.

At the hearing, chaired by Republican Rep. Chip LaMarca, Webb d…