Will Robots Take Your Job A Plea for Consensus [Paperback]

The trend that began with ATMs and do-it-yourself checkouts is moving at lightning speed. Everything from driving to teaching to the care of the elderly and, indeed, code-writing can now be done by smart machines. Conventional wisdom says there will be new jobs to replace those we lose – but is it so simple? And are we ready?

Technology writer and think-tank director Nigel Cameron argues it's naive to believe we face a smooth transition. Whether or not there are new jobs, we face massive disruption as the jobs millions of us are doing get outsourced to machines. A twenty-first-century rust belt will rapidly corrode the labor market and affect literally hundreds of different kinds of jobs simultaneously.

Robots won't design our future – we will. Yet shockingly, political leaders and policy makers don't seem to have this in their line of sight. So how should we assess and prepare for the risks of this unknown future?

Preface

Introduction: Time to Stop Being Na?ve

1. Non-Human Resources

2. The Stupid Luddite People

3. Welcome to the Rust Belt

4. Building Consensus and Getting Prepared

Notes

Bibliography

A compelling and cutting-edge book, packed with intellectual energy. A challenge to conventional wisdom. A passionate plea for debate about the future of jobs, and preparing for upheaval in labor markets, put in elegant and thoughtful style. A must-read for all who care about the future: leaders, political and others, and yes, economists.
Nagy K. Hanna, author, visiting professor, and former chief strategist of the World Bank

Nigel Cameron injects vital insight and urgency into the technology debate, and his book should be a wake-up call tolC'