Martin Ford

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Describes various types of electro-mechanical devices that are man-like in the way they perform tasks.

"¿Cuáles serán los empleos del futuro? ¿Cuántos habrá? ¿Quién los tendrá? Podemos imaginar--y esperar--que la revolución industrial que vivimos hoy resulte como la anterior. Es decir que aún cuando algunos trabajos desaparezcan, se generen otros más para hacer frente a las innovaciones de una nueva era. Sin embargo esta vez el panorama no será igual. Empresario en Silicon Valley con una larga trayectoria, Martin Ford asegura en El ascenso de los robots que conforme la tecnología avance en su desarrollo vertiginoso y las máquinas comiencen a hacerse cargo de ellas mismas, cada vez menos personas serán necesarias para realizar cada vez más tareas. Asistentes jurídicos, periodistas, oficinistas, programadores de computadoras están a punto de ser reemplazados por robots y software inteligente. Tanto los empleos más especializados como los intermedios se evaporarán, y las familias de clase media y trabajadora se verán en mayores dificultades. Podrá haber un desempleo masivo y una gran desigualdad. Pero esta vez, capacitar y educar no será la solución. ¿Verá el futuro una prosperidad amplia o niveles catastróficos de desigualdad e inseguridad económica? Una lectura indispensable para cualquiera que desee comprender lo que implica la tecnología acelerada para sus propios prospectos económicos, los de sus hijos, y de la sociedad como un todo"--Amazon.com. "What are the jobs of the future? How many will there be? And who will have them? We might imagine--and hope--that today's industrial revolution will unfold like the last: even as some jobs are eliminated, more will be created to deal with the new innovations of a new era. In Rise of the Robots, Silicon Valley entrepreneur Martin Ford argues that this is absolutely not the case. As technology continues to accelerate and machines begin taking care of themselves, fewer people will be necessary. Artificial intelligence is already well on its way to making 'good jobs' obsolete: many paralegals, journalists, office workers, and even computer programmers are poised to be replaced by robots and smart software. As progress continues, blue and white collar jobs alike will evaporate, squeezing working- and middle-class families ever further. At the same time, households are under assault from exploding costs, especially from the two major industries--education and health care--that, so far, have not been transformed by information technology. The result could well be massive unemployment and inequality as well as the implosion of the consumer economy itself"--Amazon.com.

A computer engineer from Silicon Valley employs a powerful thought experiment to explore the economy of the future. An imaginary "tunnel of lights" is used to visualize the economic implications of the new technologies that are likely to appear in the coming years and decades. Challenged are nearly all conventional views of the future and the danger that lies ahead if we do not plan for the impact of rapidly advancing technology is illuminated. It also offers unique insights into how technology will intertwine with globalization to shape the remainder of the 21st century, and explores ways in which the economic realities of the future might offer new approaches to addressing global challenges such as poverty and climate change.

"If you have a smartphone, you have AI in your pocket. It's everywhere online. And it has already changed how doctors diagnose disease as well as how you interact with friends or read the news. But In Rule of the Robots, Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur Martin Ford argues that true disruption is yet to come, as AI ceases to be a tool applied to specific problems, and becomes a utility: the industrial foundation upon which practically all activity-personal, economic, and political-is based. Ford calls it an "electricity of intelligence." Not so long ago, running a machine required animals, or access to water, and was completely unportable. Electricity turned power into a utility-something cheap and omnipresent. The change enabled us to do work wherever we wanted, and it radically altered every aspect of life, from our diets to our jobs to our entertainment. In Rule of the Robots, Ford shows how AI-heretofore as specialized as a water mill was 200 years ago-is breaking free from its bonds, becoming as ubiquitous and simple to use as a power jack and an extension cord. No one would begin any enterprise, no matter how minor, without power or running water. Ford argues the same will go for AI in the future: the police will rely on it as they surveil us; our business partners as they decide how to work with us and their own customers; schools as they weigh how to teach our children; and probably even you, as you try to juggle the tasks of work and home. This is no mere tech tour of today. Ford has already proven incredibly prescient about the future of AI and work in Rise of the Robots. Thanks to his connections in the AI community, Ford isn't simply reporting on tools, like deep neural networks, that already exist: he is able to map out the course of the technology's future as well; who's full of hot air and who might delivery on what they've promised. That access enables him to see what is likely to change in the near term, and what will take longer, giving us time to implement the necessary political and social measures to ensure that society shapes its own future, rather than simply being driven by the consequences of our technology. Those consequences will be profound. Running water eradicated a great many diseases from our midst, and electricity banished darkness. Ubiquitous AI promises empowerment, but it also threatens to infantilize us. In the right hands, as Ford shows, AI should help us best coronavirus and escape the worst consequences of climate change. In the wrong ones, it will empower totalitarianism and put us all out of work. We are in the midst of the ultimate disruption. Rule of the Robots is the essential guide to not just whether we thrive in it, but even if we just manage to survive"--