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Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future

Door Martin Ford

Categorie
Algemeen wetenschap
Boeknummer
#349190-VE42
Titel
Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future
Auteur
Ford, Martin
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
New York, NY : Basic Books
Jaar van uitgave
2015
ISBN10
0465059996
ISBN13
9780465059997
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original boards, dust jacket, 8vo.
Samenvatting
Winner of the 2015 FT & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award A New York Times Bestseller Top Business Book of 2015 at Forbes One of NBCNews. com 12 Notable Science and Technology Books of 2015 What are the jobs of the future? How many will there be? And who will have them? We might imagine--and hope--that today's industrial revolution will unfold like the last: even as some jobs are eliminated, more will be created to deal with the new innovations of a new era. In Rise of the Robots, Silicon Valley entrepreneur Martin Ford argues that this is absolutely not the case. As technology continues to accelerate and machines begin taking care of themselves, fewer people will be necessary. Artificial intelligence is already well on its way to making good jobs obsolete: many paralegals, jour... (Lees verder)nalists, office workers, and even computer programmers are poised to be replaced by robots and smart software. As progress continues, blue and white collar jobs alike will evaporate, squeezing working- and middle-class families ever further. At the same time, households are under assault from exploding costs, especially from the two major industries--education and health care--that, so far, have not been transformed by information technology. The result could well be massive unemployment and inequality as well as the implosion of the consumer economy itself. In Rise of the Robots, Ford details what machine intelligence and robotics can accomplish, and implores employers, scholars, and policy makers alike to face the implications. The past solutions to technological disruption, especially more training and education, aren't going to work, and we must decide, now, whether the future will see broad-based prosperity or catastrophic levels of inequality and economic insecurity. Rise of the Robots is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand what accelerating technology means for their own economic prospects--not to mention those of their children--as well as for society as a whole.
Pagina's
334
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 10,00

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