20 episodes
Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That's OK Audiobook The Nexus TV
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Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That's OK is an audiobook that explores the impact of technological advances on our lives, what it means to be happy, and provides suggestions on how to avoid a systemic collapse. Written by Federico Pistono and read by Ian R Buck.
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Robots Will Steal Your Job #0: Introduction
You are about to become obsolete. You think you are special, unique, and that whatever it is that you are doing is impossible to replace. You are wrong. As we speak, millions of algorithms created by computer scientists are frantically running on servers all over the world, with one sole purpose: do whatever humans can do, but better.
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Robots Will Steal Your Job #1: Unemployment Today
Federico takes us through unemployment trends leading up to 2012.
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Robots Will Steal Your Job #2: The Luddite Fallacy
The idea that machines steal jobs is not a new one. The Luddite movement goes back to 19th century England; is there weight to their argument, or is it all just a fallacy?
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Robots Will Steal Your Job #3: Exponential Growth
Most people do not fully grasp the implications of exponential growth. Federico presents us with some examples to help illustrate it.
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Robots Will Steal Your Job #4: Information Technology
Now that we understand the nature of exponential growth, we can look at how it applies to the advancement of information technology.
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Robots Will Steal Your Job #5: Intelligence
What does it mean to compare machine intelligence to human intelligence, and does it even matter when it comes to the workplace?