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The Globotics Upheaval

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'A manifesto for future-proofing our jobs and prosperity' THE SUNDAY TIMES

We stand on the edge of a new era that will bring change to our world on a par with the Industrial Revolution. Automation, artificial intelligence and robotics are changing our lives quickly - but digital disruption goes much further than we realize. Richard Baldwin, one of the world's leading globalization experts, argues that the inhuman speed of this transformation threatens to overwhelm our capacity to adapt. But while the changes are now inevitable, there are strategies that humanity can use to adapt to this new world, employing the indispensable skills that no machine can copy: creativity and independent thought. THE GLOBOTICS UPHEAVAL will help each of us prepare for the oncoming wave of the advanced robotic workforce.

Critics Review

A manifesto for future-proofing our jobs and prosperity . . . It might just save your life - and your children's live . . . as good a summary as you'll read of the techno-revolution that is about to hit us
THE SUNDAY TIMES
An important book that delivers a timely warning to the world's business elite . . . confirms [Baldwin's] place as one of the most important thinkers in this era of global disruption
FINANCIAL TIMES
Offers valuable insights into the long-term impact that globalization and AI will have on workers . . . Baldwin presents a compelling view of the future of work and the challenges ahead while there is still time to prepare
SCIENCE magazine
The first book I've come across that ties together the two main forces shaping our world - globalisation and technological change - in an accessible way
THE BUSINESS POST
Engaging and informative . . . distils complex ideas into measured and understandable language that readers with no prior understanding of artificial intelligence and economics will be able to digest
THE TIMES
A provocative argument
REUTERS
Author Richard Baldwin
Narrator Jared Zeus
Duration 9 hours and 38 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781409179498
Format Audiobook
Publisher Orion
Genre Artificial intelligence, Economics, Globalization
Availability AU, GB, IE

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