{"id":73760,"date":"2017-11-14T01:42:46","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T09:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/why-the-rise-of-the-robots-wont-mean-the-end-of-work"},"modified":"2017-11-14T01:42:46","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T09:42:46","slug":"why-the-rise-of-the-robots-wont-mean-the-end-of-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/why-the-rise-of-the-robots-wont-mean-the-end-of-work","title":{"rendered":"Why the rise of the robots won\u2019t mean the end of work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TUmyygCMMGA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For now, at least, we have better things to worry about.<\/p>\n<p>Sources:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/economics.mit.edu\/files\/11563\">https:\/\/economics.mit.edu\/files\/11563<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aeaweb.org\/full_issue.php?doi=10.1257\/jep.29.3#page=33\">https:\/\/www.aeaweb.org\/full_issue.php?doi=10.1257\/jep.29.3#page=33<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/voxeu.org\/article\/how-computer-automation-affects-occupations\">http:\/\/voxeu.org\/article\/how-computer-automation-affects-occupations<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensocietyfoundations.org\/sites\/default\/files\/future-work-lit-review-20150428.pdf\">https:\/\/www.opensocietyfoundations.org\/sites\/default\/files\/f\u2026150428.pdf<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/obamawhitehouse.archives.gov\/sites\/whitehouse.gov\/files\/documents\/Artificial-Intelligence-Automation-Economy.PDF\">https:\/\/obamawhitehouse.archives.gov\/sites\/whitehouse.gov\/fi\u2026conomy.PDF<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2015\/7\/27\/9038829\/automation-myth\">https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2015\/7\/27\/9038829\/automation-myth<\/a><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com\/kp\/card?preview=inline&linkCode=kpd&ref_=k4w_oembed_y4B7wASUd3gR8V&asin=B00PWX7RPG&tag=lifeboatfound-20\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com\/kp\/card?preview=inline&linkCode=kpd&ref_=k4w_oembed_WWY9F5jhFHdYYV&asin=B00D97HPQI&tag=lifeboatfound-20\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The New Division of Labor: How Computers Are Creating the Next Job Market\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com\/kp\/card?preview=inline&linkCode=kpd&ref_=k4w_oembed_OakJ2LK1lCcMcb&asin=0691124027&tag=lifeboatfound-20\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk\/downloads\/academic\/The_Future_of_Employment.pdf\">https:\/\/www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk\/downloads\/academic\/The_Fut\u2026oyment.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Clips:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Honda&#039;s Asimo Robot buckling on the stairs\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VTlV0Y5yAww?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MIT cheetah robot lands the running jump\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_luhn7TLfWU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Atlas, The Next Generation\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rVlhMGQgDkY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mohammad Al Gergawi in a conversation with Elon Musk during WGS17\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rCoFKUJ_8Yo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Are Robots Hurting Job Growth   60 Minutes   CBS News1280 720\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yeyn9zzrC84?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Humans Need Not Apply\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7Pq-S557XQU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Rise of the Machines \u2013 Why Automation is Different this Time\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WSKi8HfcxEk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Recent advancements in artificial intelligence and robotics have commentators worrying about the coming obsolescence of the human worker. Some in Silicon Valley are even calling for a basic minimum income provided by the government for everyone, under the assumption that work will become scarce. But many economists are skeptical of these claims, because the notion that the economy offers a fixed amount of work has been debunked time and time again over the centuries and current economic data show no signs of a productivity boom. Fortunately, we don\u2019t need to divine the future of the labor market in order to prepare for it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/Vox.com\">Vox.com<\/a> is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what\u2019s really driving the events in the headlines. Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\">http:\/\/www.vox.com<\/a> to get up to speed on everything from Kurdistan to the Kim Kardashian app.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TUmyygCMMGA\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TUmyygCMMGA<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For now, at least, we have better things to worry about. Sources: https:\/\/economics.mit.edu\/files\/11563 https:\/\/www.aeaweb.org\/full_issue.php?doi=10.1257\/jep.29.3#page=33 http:\/\/voxeu.org\/article\/how-computer-automation-affects-occupations https:\/\/www.opensocietyfoundations.org\/sites\/default\/files\/f\u2026150428.pdf https:\/\/obamawhitehouse.archives.gov\/sites\/whitehouse.gov\/fi\u2026conomy.PDF https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2015\/7\/27\/9038829\/automation-myth https:\/\/www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk\/downloads\/academic\/The_Fut\u2026oyment.pdf Clips: Recent advancements in artificial intelligence and robotics have commentators worrying about the coming obsolescence of the human worker. Some in Silicon Valley are even calling for a basic minimum income provided by the government for [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":417,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,1490,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics","category-government","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/417"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73760\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}