
Rise of the Robots
Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future
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Narrated by:
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Jeff Cummings
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By:
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Martin Ford
About this listen
Winner of the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2015.
In a world of self-driving cars and big data, smart algorithms and Siri, we know that artificial intelligence is getting smarter every day. Though all these nifty devices and programs might make our lives easier, they're also well on their way to making "good" jobs obsolete. A computer winning Jeopardy might seem like a trivial, if impressive, feat, but the same technology is making paralegals redundant as it undertakes electronic discovery and is soon to do the same for radiologists. And that, no doubt, will only be the beginning.
In Silicon Valley the phrase disruptive technology is tossed around on a casual basis. No one doubts that technology has the power to devastate entire industries and upend various sectors of the job market. But Rise of the Robots asks a bigger question: can accelerating technology disrupt our entire economic system to the point where a fundamental restructuring is required? Companies like Facebook and YouTube may need only a handful of employees to achieve enormous valuations, but what will be the fate of those of us not lucky or smart enough to have gotten into the great shift from human labor to computation?
Rise of the Robots is a both an exploration of this new technology and a call to arms to address its implications. Written by a successful Silicon Valley entrepreneur, this is an audiobook that cannot be dismissed as the ranting of a Luddite or an outsider. Ford has seen the future, and he knows that for some of us, the rise of the robots will be very frightening indeed.
©2015 Martin Ford (P)2016 Audible, LtdCritic Reviews
"The elephant in the room of artificial intelligence is mass obsolescence of the human workforce it threatens to supplant. Ford stares the elephant in the face." ( Observer)
"Packed with irresistible gee-whizz facts but...also anxious about what might happen next, especially to human employment...well worth reading." ( Guardian)
9.5/10 no mention of Elon Musk. Still do recommend though.
Needs more musk
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Comprehensive review in robot influence
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AI is coming
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A must read for anyone who wants a educated view on what the future looks like.
It is both very enlightening and very troubling at the same time. Read it then act!
easily the best book on the subject
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An interesting exploration
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Highly recommend.
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Good book, great narration
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interesting view on the future
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too mamy numbers about the students loans and success rates that are not relevant and boring.
Not really interesting.
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