Rise of the Robots Audiobook by Martin Ford
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Title: Rise of the Robots Subtitle: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future Author: Martin Ford Narrator: Jeff Cummings Format: Unabridged Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins Language: English Release date: 05-05-15 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1472 votes Genres: Science & Technology, Technology

Publisher's Summary: 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 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? The more Pollyannaish, or just simply uninformed, might imagine that this industrial revolution will unfold like the last: even as some jobs are eliminated, more will be created to deal with the new devices of a new era. In Rise of the Robots, Martin Ford argues that is absolutely not the case. Increasingly, machines will be able to take care of themselves, and fewer jobs will be necessary. The effects of this transition could be shattering. Unless we begin to radically reassess the fundamentals of how our economy works, we could have both an enormous population of the unemployed-the truck drivers, warehouse workers, cooks, lawyers, doctors, teachers, programmers, and many, many more, whose labors have been rendered superfluous by automated and intelligent machines.

Members Reviews: Great content and this mechanization IS coming! If you could sum up Rise of the Robots in three words, what would they be? Focus on creating value What did you like best about this story? This really makes you sit back and think. If (when) we have all this technology come on board I will make sure I am at the top of the food chain and not a cog in the wheel. This isn't the buggy whips makers protesting when the car came around. The disruption will be like the buggy whip makers (most of the middle class) seeing Google's automated car constructed by 3D printers and Uber already being in place rather than the Model T beginning to roll of the assembly line. The masses will be running for cover. The authors pitch a national minimum income is really the only solution with no wages for the mass of unemployed folks. Not politically popular but not many options. Very eye opening content. Any additional comments? Nope. Batten down the hatches and start making moves now to profit from this rather than be a victim.

Thought provoking Great thought provoking discussion of automation. However, it could have been shortened by a third. His ideas in the last chapter are really out there in terms of feasibility and logic. Well worth the listen though.

Great analysis Hare the nasal sound of the narrator. First 75% is analysis, which is great. Did not like the conclusions that much.