Episodes

  • Robots Will Steal Your Job #0: Introduction

    Robots Will Steal Your Job #0: Introduction
    Dec 28 2018
    You are about to become obsolete. You think you are special, unique, and that whatever it is that you are doing is impossible to replace. You are wrong. As we speak, millions of algorithms created by computer scientists are frantically running on servers all over the world, with one sole purpose: do whatever humans can do, but better.
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    Less than 1 minute
  • Robots Will Steal Your Job #1: Unemployment Today

    Robots Will Steal Your Job #1: Unemployment Today
    Jan 4 2019
    Federico takes us through unemployment trends leading up to 2012.
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    Less than 1 minute
  • Robots Will Steal Your Job #2: The Luddite Fallacy

    Robots Will Steal Your Job #2: The Luddite Fallacy
    Jan 11 2019
    The idea that machines steal jobs is not a new one. The Luddite movement goes back to 19th century England; is there weight to their argument, or is it all just a fallacy?
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    Less than 1 minute
  • Robots Will Steal Your Job #3: Exponential Growth

    Robots Will Steal Your Job #3: Exponential Growth
    Jan 18 2019
    Most people do not fully grasp the implications of exponential growth. Federico presents us with some examples to help illustrate it.
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    14 mins
  • Robots Will Steal Your Job #4: Information Technology

    Robots Will Steal Your Job #4: Information Technology
    Jan 25 2019
    Now that we understand the nature of exponential growth, we can look at how it applies to the advancement of information technology.
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    10 mins
  • Robots Will Steal Your Job #5: Intelligence

    Robots Will Steal Your Job #5: Intelligence
    Feb 1 2019
    What does it mean to compare machine intelligence to human intelligence, and does it even matter when it comes to the workplace?
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    8 mins
  • Robots Will Steal Your Job #6: Artificial Intelligence

    Robots Will Steal Your Job #6: Artificial Intelligence
    Feb 8 2019
    Artificial intelligence is already stealing many of our jobs, but not the ones you might think of.
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    14 mins
  • Robots Will Steal Your Job #7: Evidence of Automation

    Robots Will Steal Your Job #7: Evidence of Automation
    Feb 15 2019
    The signs of automation taking over our economy are already showing themselves in our world.
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    1 hr