Martin Ford is a futurist focusing on the impact of artificial intelligence and robotics on society and the economy, and the author of two books: Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future (2015) and The Lights in the Tunnel: Automation, Accelerating Technology and the Economy of the Future (2009). Both books deal with the effects of automation and the potential for structural unemployment and dramatically increasing inequality.

Recorded: July 2017

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