As progress continues, blue and white collar jobs alike will evaporate, squeezing working - and middle-class families ever further. 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. All rights reserved.”What are the jobs of the future? How many will there be? And who will have them? As technology continues to accelerate and machines begin taking care of themselves, fewer people will be necessary. Within that he debates practical policies such as linking a guaranteed income to education and skills.Ī regular commentator in the media in the US, Martin has also written for Fortune magazine, Forbes, The Washington Post and the Financial Times. He delivers a rational, insiders’ view of what might happen and how government and business can ensure a fair and productive future. Martin does not paint a dystopian vision of a socially fractured society in the thrall to automation. Those in business and government realise the consequences of private income being focused exclusively on a small elite within society, thus crippling the consumer economy. In Rise of the Robots, Martin has suggested that, contrary to some critics’ opinions, the technology industry is very much aware of the economic implications of its work. He also proposed that AI would become the dominant goal of Silicon Valley, and was proved right as within a few years both startups and established tech giants like Google made the area their primary focus. Martin’s first book The Lights in the Tunnel: Automation, Accelerating Technology and the Economy of the Future considered the realities of a world where mass automation rendered a large part of the working population redundant. He is the consulting artificial intelligence expert for Lyxor Robotics and AI ETF, which focuses on investment in companies that will play a key role in the next technology revolution. One of the first commentators to propose a serious discussion about the effects of AI on the workforce, Martin has been at the forefront of both commercial and social developments in technology. A computer engineer with over 25 years experience in software development and design, he has become one of the leading voices on artificial intelligence and automation in the world. Martin Ford is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and the author of the best-selling Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future.

Rise of the Robots by Martin Ford