The Robots Are Coming!: The Future of Jobs in the Age of Automation
T**Y
The robots are here to stay.
The robots are indeed coming. In fact, they're already here. Not just the R2D2 robots of Star Wars fame, but Artificial Intelligence (AI) in general, of which mechanical robots are just one facet. Most AI is digital. It's taking jobs from such diverse professions and occupations as teachers, bankers, lawyers, doctors, service industry employees, factory workers. Sure, the "robots" mechanical and digital, are making industries and professions more efficient, able to generate more and cheaper goods and services, but at what cost? The author points out that sweeping technological advances since the Industrial Revolution have always created more jobs than they displaced, and elevated the standard of living to boot. But he questions whether that unbroken trend will continue, fearing that more jobs will be lost than will be created. I frankly think the author is too pessimistic about this.Some of the employments the author believes will result in a net gain of jobs are: health care assistants, digital security guards, alternate energy specialists, product designers, robot programers and maintenance workers, data analysts.What to do about the robot revolution usurping jobs? The author discusses such possible solutions as taxing mechanical robots the same way human workers are taxed. And providing a basic income to workers displaced by AI. And training displaced workers to perform different jobs from the ones they are ousted from. Like the Las Vegas casinos agreeing to retain and retrain their employees who lose their current jobs to robots.Lots to wrap your head around and to get up to speed on this important topic,
D**B
jobs in the future
wow, for all jetson family friends this is truly info for all parents of young children and college students of today. now you can get ready to ride your surfboard for the ride of your future life.this is what really will happen to all of us and our whole life will be like in the future and it is going to be great surf.
S**R
Very small print hard to read!
Print is too small. Need magnifying glass!
J**.
Que lo lean
Enseña mucho del futuro
C**E
el futuro de los trabajos ante el rapido avance tecnologico
ANDRES OPENHAIMER ES UN EXCELENTE PERIODISTA ! TODOS SUS LIBROS SON BUENOS ...
A**R
A view of the not so distant future
A must read particularly for parents and futurists. Not just robots. Artificial intelligence is main focus. It is here today!!
L**R
Buen
Un muy buen libro
A**R
This is a train wreck coming at us -
A must read -
G**N
guess what...
enlightening my grandson who I love
S**.
Demistifying the myths surrounding automization, a fantastic read.
The author eloquently displays the techno-optimists and pessimists with facts to help demystify the murky waters of misinformation surrounding the future of automization and the issues surrounding it. Technological unemployment and the potential for human labor to be increasingly replaced by more efficient and cost effectice practices, but it is not all doom and gloom.
R**A
Buen Libro
Es un libro que sirve para estar preparado para lo que viene en el futuro
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