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‘A path-breaking, thought-provoking and in-depth study of how brand-new technology will transform the globe of work’ Gordon Dark brown

‘Compelling … Thought-provoking … Should be required reading for any presidential applicant thinking about the economy of the future’ NY TIMES

New technologies have always provoked stress on the subject of workers being replaced by machines. In the past, such fears have already been misplaced, and many economists maintain that they remain so today. Yet about A World Without Work: Technology, Automation and HOW EXACTLY WE Should Respond in A World Without Work, Daniel Susskind displays why this time is really different. Advances in artificial intelligence mean that all sorts of jobs are increasingly at risk.

Susskind argues that machines no longer have to reason like us to be able to outperform us. Significantly, tasks that used to be beyond the ability of computer systems – from diagnosing ailments to drafting legal contracts – are actually of their reach. The threat of technical unemployment is genuine.

So how may we all thrive in a global with less function? Susskind reminds us that technical progress could cause unprecedented prosperity, solving among mankind’s oldest complications: making sure that everyone has plenty of to live on. The challenge is to spread this prosperity pretty, constrain the burgeoning power of Big Technology, and provide signifying in a global where work is normally no more the center of our lives. Within this visionary, pragmatic and eventually hopeful reserve, Susskind shows us just how.

“This is actually the book to read on the continuing future of function in the age of artificial intelligence. It really is thoughtful and state-of-the-art over the economics of the problem, but its real strength is the method it goes beyond simply the economics. A important contribution’ Lawrence Summers, former Chief Economist from the World Bank

‘A fascinating reserve about a vitally important topic. Elegant, primary and compelling’Tim Harford, author of The Undercover Economist

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