A world without work : technology, automation, and how we should respond
Susskind, Daniel2020
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New technologies have always provoked panic about workers being replaced by machines. In the past, such fears have been misplaced, and many economists maintain that they remain so today. Yet in A World Without Work, Daniel Susskind shows why this time really is different. Advances in artificial intelligence mean that all kinds of jobs are increasingly at risk. Susskind argues that machines no longer need to reason like us in order to outperform us. Increasingly, tasks that used to be beyond the capability of computers - from diagnosing illnesses to drafting legal contracts - are now within their reach. The threat of technological unemployment is real.
Main title:
A world without work : technology, automation, and how we should respond / Daniel Susskind.
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Imprint:
[United Kingdom] : Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2020.
Collation:
325 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-[312]) and index.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE The Context -- 1.A History of Misplaced Anxiety -- 2.The Age of Labour -- 3.The Pragmatist Revolution -- 4.Underestimating Machines -- pt. TWO The Threat -- 5.Task Encroachment -- 6.Frictional Technological Unemployment -- 7.Structural Technological Unemployment -- 8.Technology and Inequality -- pt. THREE The Response -- 9.Education and Its Limits -- 10.The Big State -- 11.Big Tech -- 12.Meaning and Purpose.
ISBN:
9780241321096
Dewey class:
303.4834
Language:
English
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BRN:
368713
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Non Fiction - Society and Beliefs | 303.4834 SUS | Available |