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1 online resource. |
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Encounter intelligence ; 4
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Encounter intelligence ; 4.
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Intro; Table of Contents; Grand transitions in productivity are episodic and powerful; Technology is the only leverage we've ever had to "buy" time; We're in a productivity deficit; Productivity growth solves a lot of problems; Productivity and employment have grown together for 130 years; Amara's Law helps us imagine the future; Taxonomy for automation: Code in the Cloud and code in the cobot; America has always been service-dominated, but manufacturing remains critical; The post-industrial myth for manufacturing jobs; Blue-collar bots; Manufacturing 2.0. |
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The coming robotification of servicesBetter labor productivity can bring down soaring healthcare costs; Data: The fuel for boosting service-sector productivity; The hyperscale data infrastructure and ubiquitous productivity; Ubiquitous data and ambient computing lead to the third information era; Software, productivity and jobs grow together; STEM employment is growing fast, but most jobs won't be STEM ones; Long booms, and challenging disruptions, follow great infrastructure shifts; Copyright. |
| Summary |
Are robots finally replacing humans' Does the emerging age of artificial intelligence and automation mean we will soon see "peak jobs" and the need for a Universal Basic Income to support a widening swath of hapless citizens unsuited for employment in a primarily "knowledge" workforce' Improving productivity-reducing labor hours per unit of product or service-has been the hallmark of economic progress for centuries. But advances due to robots and AI, some say, will be fundamentally different because digital machines are ready to revolutionize the nature of work in nearly every sector, not just one or two. But the lessons of history and the realities of technologies suggest that, despite yet more disruption, the overall result will be net job gains and faster economic growth. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Automation -- Economic aspects -- United States.
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Automation -- Economic aspects. |
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United States. |
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Robotics -- Economic aspects -- United States.
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Robotics -- Economic aspects. |
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Robotics. |
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Labor market -- United States.
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Labor market. |
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Labor productivity -- United States.
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Labor productivity. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mills, Mark P. Work in the age of robots. New York : Encounter Books, [2018] 9781641770279 (DLC) 2018013646 |
| ISBN |
1641770287 |
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9781641770286 (electronic book) |
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9781641770279 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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