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Susskind, Daniel.
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Automation -- Social aspects.
Automation -- Economic aspects.
Technology -- Social aspects.
Technology -- Economic aspects.
Social change -- Economic aspect.
Structural unemployment.
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Susskind, Daniel.
Automation -- Social aspects.
Automation -- Economic aspects.
Technology -- Social aspects.
Technology -- Economic aspects.
Social change -- Economic aspect.
Structural unemployment.
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A
world
without
work
[sound recording] :
technology
,
automation
, and
how
we
should
respond
/ Daniel Susskind.
by
Susskind, Daniel.
Macmillan Audiobook, [2020]
Call #:
COMPACT DISC 303.483 S964w
Subjects
Automation
-- Social aspects.
Automation
-- Economic aspects.
Technology
-- Social aspects.
Technology
-- Economic aspects.
Social change -- Economic aspect.
Structural unemployment.
ISBN:
9781250263476
Format:
[sound recording] :
Description:
8 CDs (10 hr.) : digital ; 12 cm.
Performers:
Read by the author.
Summary:
"From an Oxford economist, a visionary account of
how
technology
will transform the
world
of
work
, and what
we
should
do about it. From mechanical looms to the combustion engine to the first computers, new technologies have always provoked panic about workers being replaced by machines. For centuries, such fears have been misplaced, and many economists maintain that they remain so today. But as Daniel Susskind demonstrates, this time really is different. Breakthroughs in artificial intelligence mean that all kinds of jobs are increasingly at risk. Drawing on almost a decade of research in the field, Susskind argues that machines no longer need to think like us in order to outperform us, as was once widely believed. As a result, more and more tasks that used to be far beyond the capability of computers from diagnosing illnesses to drafting legal contracts, from writing news reports to composing music are coming within their reach. The threat of technological unemployment is now real. This is not necessarily a bad thing, Susskind emphasizes. Technological progress could bring about unprecedented prosperity, solving one of humanitys oldest problems:
how
to make sure that everyone has enough to live on. The challenges will be to distribute this prosperity fairly, to constrain the burgeoning power of Big Tech, and to provide meaning in a
world
where
work
is no longer the center of our lives. Perceptive, pragmatic, and ultimately hopeful, A
World
Without
Work
shows the way."
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Adult books on CD.
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Macmillan Audio (Firm)
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