Will robots take your job? : a plea for consensus / Nigel M. De S. Cameron.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cameron, Nigel M. de S., author.

Series:

New human frontiers series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor supply--Effect of technological innovations on.

Labor supply.

Technological innovations--Social aspects.

Technological innovations.

Automation.

Physical Description:

xvi, 121 pages ; 19 cm.

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Polity, 2017.

Summary:

"The trend that began with ATMs and do-it-yourself checkouts is moving at lightning speed. Everything from driving to teaching to the care of the elderly and, indeed, code-writing can now be done by smart machines. Conventional wisdom says there will be new jobs to replace those we lose ? but is it so simple? And are we ready? Technology writer and think tank director Nigel Cameron argues it's na?ve to believe we face a smooth transition. Whether or not there are "new" jobs, we face massive disruption as the jobs millions of us are doing get outsourced to machines. A twenty-first-century "rust belt" will rapidly corrode the labor market and affect literally hundreds of different kinds of job simultaneously. Robots won?t design our future ? we will. Yet shockingly, political leaders and policy makers do not seem to have this in their line of sight. So how should we assess and prepare for this unknown future?"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Non-Human Resources 14

2 "The Stupid Luddite People" 43

3 Welcome to the Rust Belt 60

4 Building Consensus and Getting Prepared 87.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: Preface Introduction: Time to Stop Being Na?ve 1. Non-Human Resources 2. ?The Stupid Luddite People? 3. Welcome to the Rust Belt 4. Building Consensus and Getting Prepared Notes Bibliography.

Other Format:

Online version: Cameron, Nigel M. de S., author. Will robots take your job?

ISBN:

9781509509553

1509509550

9781509509560

1509509569

OCLC:

962353922