Robots Will Steal Your Job

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.

Evidence of Automation

Episode #7

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The signs of automation taking over our economy are already showing themselves in our world.

Chapter Index

00:00:00 | Intro
00:00:25 | Chapter Begins
00:01:43 | 1.1 Automated Shopping
00:11:57 | 1.2 Automated Manufacturing
00:21:12 | 1.3 3d Printing
00:28:54 | 1.4 Automated Construction
00:32:21 | 1.5 Automated Journalism
00:36:44 | 1.6 AI Assistants
00:45:33 | 1.7 Autonomous Vehicles
00:49:24 | 1.8 A (Possible) History of Self-Driving Cars
00:58:46 | Outro

Figures

Figure 1.1: The replicator in Star Trek creating a coffee mug.
Figure 1.1: The replicator in Star Trek creating a coffee mug.
Figure 1.2: The “Replicator”, an inexpensive 3D printer that prints object in colours.
Figure 1.2: The “Replicator”, an inexpensive 3D printer that prints object in colours.
Figure 1.3: A 3D printer-created lower jaw.
Figure 1.3: A 3D printer-created lower jaw that has been fitted to an 83-year-old woman’s face in what doctors say is the first operation of its kind.
Figure 1.4: Beautiful pictures of 3D printed prostheses. Courtesy of Bespoke Innovations™, Inc.
Figure 1.4: Beautiful pictures of 3D printed prostheses. Courtesy of Bespoke Innovations™, Inc.

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