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This is the interview of Luís Moniz Pereira for VISÃO, a Portuguese weekly magazine, by its journalist Rui Antunes, published in its issue of November 8, 2018, pages 12–14, and available online from here: http://visao.sapo.pt/atualidade/entrevistas-visao/2018-11-18-A-maquina-e-mais-barata-do-que-o-Homem-para-executar-as-mesmas-tarefas.-As-pessoas-vao-viver-num-limiar-de-sobrevivencia. I thank them the permission to utilize here my translation thereof into English.
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Pereira, L.M. A machine is cheaper than a human for the same task. AI & Soc 38, 2709–2711 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-018-0874-0
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