Martin Ford on the Rise of Workforce Automation
The AI in Business Podcast
English - October 27, 2016 00:00 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MB - ★★★★ - 101 ratingsTechnology Business Management artificial intelligence learning data digital machine science transformation Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Martin Ford started off as a software entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, but became better known for his speaking and writing on robotics' and automation's influence on the job market after writing his best-selling book, Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future. In this episode, Martin talks about why he believes 'white collar' jobs (as opposed to blue) are at a higher risk for automation, and gives his predictions on how automation and robotics will impact the job market over the next 5 to 10 years.