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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Machines will continue enhancing our efficiency and helping us fulfill ourselves more fully as human beings.
Chapter 3: Automation will typically assume specific tasks, rather than entire jobs.
Chapter 4: Even if AI replaces jobs, it will also generate new ones.
Chapter 5: The wider your skill set, the better your standing in the future job market ahead.
Chapter 6: Technological upheaval offers huge business opportunities, but only when you’re truly prepared for it.
Chapter 7: Companies must weigh technology’s long-term consequences, not just its immediate costs and overall benefits.
Chapter 8: Tech giants must design technology that serves society over the long term.
Chapter 9: Absent consumer trust, the tech giants are far more likely to fail.
Description
Human/Machine (2019) argues that machines will continue to empower us, instead of stealing our jobs. At the workplace and at home, automation will free up time that we can use to do the things that fulfill us as human beings. However, tech giants will need to ensure that their technology benefits society – otherwise, the delicate balance between humans and machines might tip.
Who Should Listen
- Employees who fear that a robot might take their jobs
- Managers steering big and small companies through innovation processes
- Parents who wonder whether AI will soon teach their children