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Work in the Age of Robots.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mills, Mark P.
- Series:
- Encounter Intelligence
- Encounter Intelligence ; v.4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Technological innovations.
- Labor productivity.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (39 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- La Vergne : Encounter Books, 2018.
- Summary:
- This book explores the transformative effects of technological advancements on productivity and employment in the United States. It examines the historical context of productivity gains and the role of technology, such as artificial intelligence and automation, in shaping the labor market. The author challenges the notion that technology will lead to widespread job loss, instead highlighting its potential to create new opportunities and efficiencies. The text is aimed at policymakers, economists, and business leaders, providing insights into the interplay between innovation, productivity, and economic growth. It emphasizes the importance of embracing technological change to drive economic progress and address the productivity deficit. Generated by AI.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Table of Contents
- Grand transitions in productivity are episodic and powerful
- Technology is the only leverage we've ever had to "buy" time
- We're in a productivity deficit
- Productivity growth solves a lot of problems
- Productivity and employment have grown together for 130 years
- Amara's Law helps us imagine the future
- Taxonomy for automation: Code in the Cloud and code in the cobot
- America has always been service-dominated, but manufacturing remains critical
- The post-industrial myth for manufacturing jobs
- Blue-collar bots
- Manufacturing 2.0
- The coming robotification of services
- Better labor productivity can bring down soaring healthcare costs
- Data: The fuel for boosting service-sector productivity
- The hyperscale data infrastructure and ubiquitous productivity
- Ubiquitous data and ambient computing lead to the third information era
- Software, productivity and jobs grow together
- STEM employment is growing fast, but most jobs won't be STEM ones
- Long booms, and challenging disruptions, follow great infrastructure shifts
- Copyright.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 9781641770286
- 1641770287
- OCLC:
- 1029771021
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