Two researchers at oxford univer ity have argued that over the next ten years, forty seven % of our jobs will become irrelevant. The self driving car, of course, will make the driver the u p s delivery person, redundant. And as jeff bezoss amazon has publicly said, he wants drones to be delivering his product. So does so many other e commerce companies. What we're seeing is a hollowing out of the middle class,. A replacement by the algorithm, by the machine, and by a tiny group of people who own and troll that machine. That's the reason i'm afraid, why you should be afraid, very afraid. Thank you.
Technology might move fast but the fears surrounding it remain ever-present. Back in 2015 Intelligence Squared gathered both tech evangelists and technology naysayers to debate how robots and AI might swallow up jobs in years to come. The speakers included economist, commentator and author George Magnus, internet entrepreneur and author Andrew Keen, technology entrepreneur, presidential advisor and economist Dr Pippa Malmgren, and author and journalist Walter Isaacson. Chairing the debate was journalist and broadcaster Zeinab Badawi.
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