Rise of the Robots

By Martin Ford

Subjects: Labor, POLITICAL SCIENCE, Labor supply, Marché du travail, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Automation, Automation, nyt:science=2015-06-07, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING, Economics, Innovation, Social Aspects, Chômage technologique, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Robotics, Changement social, Automation, economic aspects, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS, Technikbewertung, Robots, Arbeitsplatzvernichtung, Technological innovations, economic aspects, Employment forecasting, Technological unemployment, Beschäftigungsgrad, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, Künstliche Intelligenz, Labor & Industrial Relations, Automatisation, New York Times bestseller, Effect of automation on, Robotics, Innovations technologiques, Employing, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, Economic aspects, Technological innovations, Effect of technological innovations on, General

Description: Examines the effects of accelerating technology on the economic system. "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 only need 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?"--