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The rise of the robots : technology and the threat of mass unemployment / Martin Ford.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Richmond : Oneworld, 2015.Description: xviii, 334 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
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  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781780747491 (hbk.) :
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: ebook version :: No titleDDC classification:
  • 331.137042 23
Available additional physical forms:
  • Also issued online.
Summary: Artificial intelligence is already well on its way to making 'good jobs' obsolete: many paralegals, doctors, and ironically even computer programmers are poised to be replaced by robots. As technology continues to accelerate and machines begin taking care of themselves, fewer jobs will be necessary. In terms of societal and economic upheaval, this is most important technological shift since the industrial revolution. And, unless we radically reassess the fundamentals of how our economy and politics work, we risk a future of massive unemployment and inequality as well as the implosion of the economy itself. Martin Ford offers both an exploration of this new technology and a call to arms to face its implications.
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4 Week Loan Merlin Park University Hospital, Galway Merlin Park University Hospital, Galway Library Merlin Pk Galway 331.137042/FOR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available GM05028
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Artificial intelligence is already well on its way to making 'good jobs' obsolete: many paralegals, doctors, and ironically even computer programmers are poised to be replaced by robots. As technology continues to accelerate and machines begin taking care of themselves, fewer jobs will be necessary. In terms of societal and economic upheaval, this is most important technological shift since the industrial revolution. And, unless we radically reassess the fundamentals of how our economy and politics work, we risk a future of massive unemployment and inequality as well as the implosion of the economy itself. Martin Ford offers both an exploration of this new technology and a call to arms to face its implications.

Also issued online.

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