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Desempleo Artificial

Author : Ricky Santa Cruz
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (227 download)

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Download or read book Desempleo Artificial written by Ricky Santa Cruz and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-04-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: En 'Desempleo Artificial' nos sumergimos en el debate sobre el impacto cada vez más significativo de la automatizaión y la inteligencia artificial en el mercado laboral. A medida que la tecnología avanza a pasos agigantados, surgen preocupaciones sobre la viabilidad de los empleos humanos en un mundo cada vez más dominado por las máquinas. Este libro examina en detalle cómo la automatización está transformando industrias enteras y reconfigurando la naturaleza misma del trabajo. Desde la robótica en la fabricación hasta los algoritmos en el sector financiero, exploramos cómo la inteligencia artificial está remodelando nuestra vida laboral. A través de un análisis exhaustivo, 'Desempleo Artificial' aborda las complejas implicaciones sociales y económicas de esta revolución tecnológica en curso. Nos enfrentamos a preguntas fundamentales sobre el futuro del empleo y la distribución de la riqueza en un mundo donde las habilidades humanas se enfrentan a la competencia de la automatización. ¿Cómo podemos prepararnos para un mercado laboral cambiante? ¿Qué políticas y medidas pueden ayudar a mitigar los potenciales efectos negativos del desempleo tecnológico? Este libro no solo examina los riesgos y desafíos asociados con el empleo, sino que también explora las posibles soluciones y potenciales oportunidades que pueden surgir en este nuevo panorama laboral. desde la reinvención de nuestra educación y preparación hasta la creación de modelos económicos innovadores, Esta obra busca ser una guía esencial para comprender y abordar algunos de los complejos dilemas de la era de la inteligencia artificial, la cual ya está aquí presente.

Inteligencia artificial y desempleo tecnológico

Author : Arturo Gradolí Sandemetrio
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788494712524
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (125 download)

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Download or read book Inteligencia artificial y desempleo tecnológico written by Arturo Gradolí Sandemetrio and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Los robots robarán tu empleo pero está bien

Author : Federico Pistono
Publisher : Federico Pistono
ISBN 13 : 1490362320
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Los robots robarán tu empleo pero está bien written by Federico Pistono and published by Federico Pistono. This book was released on 2013-06-05 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Estás a punto de volverte obsoleto. Piensas que eres especial, único y que cualquier cosa que sea que hagas es imposible de reemplazar. Te equivocas. Mientras conversamos, millones de algoritmos creados por cienfíficos informáticos están corriendo frenéticamente en servidores de todo el mundo, con un solo propósito: hacer cualquier cosa que hagan los humanos, pero mejor. Estos algoritmos son programas de computación inteligentes que impregnan el sustrato de nuestra sociedad. Toman decisiones financieras, predicen el clima, sugieren que países están a punto de declarar una guerra. Pronto, nos quedará muy poco por hacer: las máquinas tomarán el control. ¿Suena esto como una fantasía futurista? Tal vez. Este argumento ha sido propuesto por un comunidad cada vez más grande, pero marginal, de pensadores, científicos y académicos, quienes ven al avance de la tecnología como una fuerza disruptiva que muy pronto transformará nuestro sistema socio-económico entero, para siempre.

The Future of Work

Author : Darrell M. West
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 0815732945
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (157 download)

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Download or read book The Future of Work written by Darrell M. West and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking for ways to handle the transition to a digital economy Robots, artificial intelligence, and driverless cars are no longer things of the distant future. They are with us today and will become increasingly common in coming years, along with virtual reality and digital personal assistants. As these tools advance deeper into everyday use, they raise the question—how will they transform society, the economy, and politics? If companies need fewer workers due to automation and robotics, what happens to those who once held those jobs and don't have the skills for new jobs? And since many social benefits are delivered through jobs, how are people outside the workforce for a lengthy period of time going to earn a living and get health care and social benefits? Looking past today's headlines, political scientist and cultural observer Darrell M. West argues that society needs to rethink the concept of jobs, reconfigure the social contract, move toward a system of lifetime learning, and develop a new kind of politics that can deal with economic dislocations. With the U.S. governance system in shambles because of political polarization and hyper-partisanship, dealing creatively with the transition to a fully digital economy will vex political leaders and complicate the adoption of remedies that could ease the transition pain. It is imperative that we make major adjustments in how we think about work and the social contract in order to prevent society from spiraling out of control. This book presents a number of proposals to help people deal with the transition from an industrial to a digital economy. We must broaden the concept of employment to include volunteering and parenting and pay greater attention to the opportunities for leisure time. New forms of identity will be possible when the "job" no longer defines people's sense of personal meaning, and they engage in a broader range of activities. Workers will need help throughout their lifetimes to acquire new skills and develop new job capabilities. Political reforms will be necessary to reduce polarization and restore civility so there can be open and healthy debate about where responsibility lies for economic well-being. This book is an important contribution to a discussion about tomorrow—one that needs to take place today.

The Rise of the Robots

Author : Martin Ford
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1780747500
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book The Rise of the Robots written by Martin Ford and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-09-03 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intelligent algorithms are already well on their way to making white collar jobs obsolete: travel agents, data-analysts, and paralegals are currently in the firing line. In the near future, doctors, taxi-drivers and ironically even computer programmers are poised to be replaced by ‘robots’. Without a radical reassessment of our economic and political structures, we risk the very implosion of the capitalist economy itself. In The Rise of the Robots, technology expert Martin Ford systematically outlines the achievements of artificial intelligence and uses a wealth of economic data to illustrate the terrifying societal implications. From health and education to finance and technology, his warning is stark – all jobs that are on some level routine are likely to eventually be automated, resulting in the death of traditional careers and a hollowed-out middle class. The robots are coming and we have to decide – now – whether the future will bring prosperity or catastrophe.

Artificial Intelligence for COVID-19

Author : Diego Oliva
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030697444
Total Pages : 594 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Artificial Intelligence for COVID-19 written by Diego Oliva and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-07-19 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a compilation of the most recent implementation of artificial intelligence methods for solving different problems generated by the COVID-19. The problems addressed came from different fields and not only from medicine. The information contained in the book explores different areas of machine and deep learning, advanced image processing, computational intelligence, IoT, robotics and automation, optimization, mathematical modeling, neural networks, information technology, big data, data processing, data mining, and likewise. Moreover, the chapters include the theory and methodologies used to provide an overview of applying these tools to the useful contribution to help to face the emerging disaster. The book is primarily intended for researchers, decision makers, practitioners, and readers interested in these subject matters. The book is useful also as rich case studies and project proposals for postgraduate courses in those specializations.

El empleo del futuro

Author : Manuel Alejandro Hidalgo
Publisher : Deusto
ISBN 13 : 8423429776
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (234 download)

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Download or read book El empleo del futuro written by Manuel Alejandro Hidalgo and published by Deusto. This book was released on 2018-09-06 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Los progresos de la tecnología y sus posibles efectos en el mercado laboral son una preocupación que ha acompañado a la sociedad durante siglos a lo largo de su evolución. De un tiempo a esta parte, además, y debido al imparable impulso y crecimiento de tecnologías como la robótica o la inteligencia artificial, gran parte de la población se ha sumido en una suerte de pesimismo tecnológico. Existe la creencia de que el tsunami tecnológico nos lleva irremediablemente al desierto laboral. Y aunque nadie tiene la menor duda acerca de las enormes consecuencias que los avances actuales tendrán en el empleo del futuro, ¿realmente estamos abocados a un masivo desempleo derivado del progreso tecnológico? La respuesta es que no, toda vez que la tecnología elimina, ciertamente, un sinfín de profesiones, al mismo tiempo y tal y como nos demuestra la historia, acaba por crear más empleo del que elimina. Con una visión optimista, pero también profundamente informada, Manuel Hidalgo proporciona un análisis pormenorizado de todas las fuerzas que entran en conflicto para trazar un detallado mapa del empleo del futuro y nos describe cómo evolucionará el mercado laboral en los próximos años. Asimismo, nos propone las recetas necesarias para enfrentarnos al reto que el auge tecnológico supondrá para las futuras generaciones y nos explica qué debemos hacer para garantizar nuestra empleabilidad y qué medidas adoptar para preparar a nuestras empresas para el cambio que se avecina.

Surviving the Machine Age

Author : Kevin LaGrandeur
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319511653
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book Surviving the Machine Age written by Kevin LaGrandeur and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-03-15 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the current state of the technologically-caused unemployed, and attempts to answer the question of how to proceed into an era beyond technological unemployment. Beginning with an overview of the most salient issues, the experts collected in this work present their own novel visions of the future and offer suggestions for adapting to a more symbiotic economic relationship with AI. These suggestions include different modes of dealing with education, aging workers, government policies, and the machines themselves. Ultimately, they lay out a whole new approach to economics, one in which we learn to merge with and adapt to our increasingly intelligent creations.

Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That's OK

Author : Federico Pistono
Publisher : Federico Pistono
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That's OK written by Federico Pistono and published by Federico Pistono. This book was released on with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. That is the argument for a phenomenon called technological unemployment, one that is pervading modern society. But is that really the case? Or is it just a futuristic fantasy? What will become of us in the coming years, and what can we do to prevent a catastrophic collapse of society? Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That's OK: how to survive the economic collapse and be happy explores the impact of technological advances on our lives, what it means to be happy, and provides suggestions on how to avoid a systemic collapse.

Rise of the Robots

Author : Martin Ford
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465040675
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Rise of the Robots written by Martin Ford and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times-bestselling guide to how automation is changing the economy, undermining work, and reshaping our lives Winner of Best Business Book of the Year awards from the Financial Times and from Forbes "Lucid, comprehensive, and unafraid . . . ;an indispensable contribution to a long-running argument." -- Los Angeles Times What are the jobs of the future? How many will there be? And who will have them? As technology continues to accelerate and machines begin taking care of themselves, fewer people will be necessary. Artificial intelligence is already well on its way to making "good jobs" obsolete: many paralegals, journalists, office workers, and even computer programmers are poised to be replaced by robots and smart software. As progress continues, blue and white collar jobs alike will evaporate, squeezing working -- and middle-class families ever further. At the same time, households are under assault from exploding costs, especially from the two major industries-education and health care-that, so far, have not been transformed by information technology. The result could well be massive unemployment and inequality as well as the implosion of the consumer economy itself. The past solutions to technological disruption, especially more training and education, aren't going to work. We must decide, now, whether the future will see broad-based prosperity or catastrophic levels of inequality and economic insecurity. Rise of the Robots is essential reading to understand what accelerating technology means for our economic prospects-not to mention those of our children-as well as for society as a whole.

Economic Renaissance In the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Author : Apek Mulay
Publisher : Business Expert Press
ISBN 13 : 1947843958
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (478 download)

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Download or read book Economic Renaissance In the Age of Artificial Intelligence written by Apek Mulay and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2018-12-06 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economic Renaissance in the Age of Artificial Intelligence explores a wide range of new approaches to the economic, social, legal, scientific, technological, financial, architectural, environmental, and humanistic challenges that humanity will face due to increased automation. Marshall Goldsmith wrote in his book, What Got You Here, Won’t Get You There, that people rely on their past experience to address new challenges. The limitation with this approach is that these new challenges often arise from different contexts and may not be susceptible to traditional approaches. In the coming era of artificial intelligence (AI), expanded use of robots, and increased trans-national commerce, humanity will face monumental challenges that will differ from those we have faced in the past, including how to avoid mass unemployment due to rapid growth of automation. In order to survive and thrive in this new era, we will have to think and act differently, so that new ideas can solve not only the problems of the present but also of the near and distant future. Economic Renaissance in the Age of Artificial Intelligence explores a wide range of new approaches to the economic, social, legal, scientific, technological, financial, architectural, environmental, and humanistic challenges that humanity will face due to increased automation. The new methods and approaches outlined by the various experts in this book will help inform and inspire humanity to create a more balanced world in which science, economics, and the environment can thrive for years to come.

El desempleo y el futuro del trabajo

Author : David Sheppard
Publisher : Editorial SAL TERRAE
ISBN 13 : 9788429313079
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book El desempleo y el futuro del trabajo written by David Sheppard and published by Editorial SAL TERRAE. This book was released on 1999 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: El desempleo se ha convertido en el problema central de los países industrializados. El siglo se va a cerrar con mil millones de desempleados en el Sur, un volumen de población sólo ligeramente inferior al total de habitantes que pueblan todos los países del Norte. El desempleo es un factor muy importante en la fabricación capitalista de pobreza, y el crecimiento del paro está siendo introyectado por la sociedad como una especie de fatalidad histórica que nadie puede controlar y vencer. De esta forma, va desapareciendo de la escena social el debate sobre los responsables del desempleo y los mecanismos económicos que lo hacen posible. En esta cuestión entran las Iglesias británicas con una perspectiva muy alejada del neoliberalismo imperante. El desempleo y el futuro del trabajo constituye una excelente muestra de la presencia pública de la Iglesia en el mundo de la economía. Un tipo de Iglesia que no practica el reduccionismo en su discurso público y es capaz de ir más allá de los temas relacionados con la vida sexual, familiar y escolar. Una Iglesia que no quiere encerrar la fe cristiana y sus imperativos en el estrecho mundo de la vida privada: una Iglesia que es capaz de generar debate social e impuslsar iniciativas ciudadanas para afrontar este inmenso problema del paro. La presente obra se halla en las antípodas de las políticas propugnadas por el Partido Conservador y es muy crítica con los efectos de los programas socio-económicos realizados por el thatcherismo. La versión española de este texto inglés -que ha tenido una excelente acogida en los grandes medios de comunicación social de Gran Bretaña y que ha generado un gran debate entre obispos, periodistas, políticos y sindicalistas- ha quedado muy enriquecido con una cuarta parte dedicada a exponer diversas reflexiones sobre el desempleo desde la realidad española.

Will Robots Take Your Job?: A Plea for Consensus

Author : Nigel M. de S. Cameron
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1509509593
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Will Robots Take Your Job?: A Plea for Consensus written by Nigel M. de S. Cameron and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-06-23 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The trend that began with ATMs and do-it-yourself checkouts is moving at lightning speed. Everything from driving to teaching to the care of the elderly and, indeed, code-writing can now be done by smart machines. Conventional wisdom says there will be new jobs to replace those we lose – but is it so simple? And are we ready? Technology writer and think-tank director Nigel Cameron argues it's naive to believe we face a smooth transition. Whether or not there are "new" jobs, we face massive disruption as the jobs millions of us are doing get outsourced to machines. A twenty-first-century "rust belt" will rapidly corrode the labor market and affect literally hundreds of different kinds of jobs simultaneously. Robots won't design our future – we will. Yet shockingly, political leaders and policy makers don't seem to have this in their line of sight. So how should we assess and prepare for the risks of this unknown future?

A World Without Work

Author : Daniel Susskind
Publisher : Metropolitan Books
ISBN 13 : 1250173523
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book A World Without Work written by Daniel Susskind and published by Metropolitan Books. This book was released on 2020-01-14 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SHORTLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES & MCKINSEY 2020 BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR One of Fortune Best Books of the Year One of Inc. Best Business Books of the Year One of The Times (UK) Best Business Books of the Year A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice From an Oxford economist, a visionary account of how technology will transform the world of work, and what we should do about it From mechanical looms to the combustion engine to the first computers, new technologies have always provoked panic about workers being replaced by machines. For centuries, such fears have been misplaced, and many economists maintain that they remain so today. But as Daniel Susskind demonstrates, this time really is different. Breakthroughs in artificial intelligence mean that all kinds of jobs are increasingly at risk. Drawing on almost a decade of research in the field, Susskind argues that machines no longer need to think like us in order to outperform us, as was once widely believed. As a result, more and more tasks that used to be far beyond the capability of computers – from diagnosing illnesses to drafting legal contracts, from writing news reports to composing music – are coming within their reach. The threat of technological unemployment is now real. This is not necessarily a bad thing, Susskind emphasizes. Technological progress could bring about unprecedented prosperity, solving one of humanity’s oldest problems: how to make sure that everyone has enough to live on. The challenges will be to distribute this prosperity fairly, to constrain the burgeoning power of Big Tech, and to provide meaning in a world where work is no longer the center of our lives. Perceptive, pragmatic, and ultimately hopeful, A World Without Work shows the way.

Education and Technological Unemployment

Author : Michael A. Peters
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811362254
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (113 download)

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Download or read book Education and Technological Unemployment written by Michael A. Peters and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-04-29 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the challenge of accelerating automation, and argues that countering and adapting to this challenge requires new methodological, philosophical, scientific, sociological, economic, ethical, and political perspectives that fundamentally rethink the categories of work and education. What is required is political will and social vision to respond to the question: What is the role of education in a digital age characterized by potential mass technological unemployment? Today’s technologies are beginning to cost more jobs than they create – and this trend will continue. There have been many proposed solutions to this problem, and they invariably involve an educational vision. Yet, in a world that simply doesn’t offer enough work for everyone, education is clearly not a panacea for technological unemployment. This collection presents responses to this question from a wide spectrum of disciplines, including but not limited to education studies, philosophy, history, politics, sociology, psychology, and economics.

The War on Normal People

Author : Andrew Yang
Publisher : Hachette Books
ISBN 13 : 0316414255
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book The War on Normal People written by Andrew Yang and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestseller from CNN Political Commentator and 2020 former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, this thought-provoking and prescient call-to-action outlines the urgent steps America must take, including Universal Basic Income (UBI), to stabilize our economy amid rapid technological change and automation. The shift toward automation is about to create a tsunami of unemployment. Not in the distant future--now. One recent estimate predicts 45 million American workers will lose their jobs within the next twelve years--jobs that won't be replaced. In a future marked by restlessness and chronic unemployment, what will happen to American society? In The War on Normal People, Andrew Yang paints a dire portrait of the American economy. Rapidly advancing technologies like artificial intelligence, robotics and automation software are making millions of Americans' livelihoods irrelevant. The consequences of these trends are already being felt across our communities in the form of political unrest, drug use, and other social ills. The future looks dire-but is it unavoidable? In The War on Normal People, Yang imagines a different future--one in which having a job is distinct from the capacity to prosper and seek fulfillment. At this vision's core is Universal Basic Income, the concept of providing all citizens with a guaranteed income-and one that is rapidly gaining popularity among forward-thinking politicians and economists. Yang proposes that UBI is an essential step toward a new, more durable kind of economy, one he calls "human capitalism."

Ghost Work

Author : Mary L. Gray
Publisher : Eamon Dolan Books
ISBN 13 : 1328566242
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (285 download)

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Download or read book Ghost Work written by Mary L. Gray and published by Eamon Dolan Books. This book was released on 2019 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A startling exposé of the invisible human workforce that powers the web--and how to bring it out of the shadows. Hidden beneath the surface of the internet, a new, stark reality is looming--one that cuts to the very heart of our endless debates about the impact of AI. Anthropologist Mary L. Gray and computer scientist Siddharth Suri unveil how the services we use from companies like Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Uber can only function smoothly thanks to the judgment and experience of a vast human labor force that is kept deliberately concealed. The people who do 'ghost work' make the internet seem smart. They perform high-tech, on-demand piecework: flagging X-rated content, proofreading, transcribing audio, confirming identities, captioning video, and much more. The shameful truth is that no labor laws protect them or even acknowledge their existence. They often earn less than legal minimums for traditional work, they have no health benefits, and they can be fired at any time for any reason, or for no reason at all. An estimated 8 percent of Americans have worked in this 'ghost economy,' and that number is growing every day. In this unprecedented investigation, Gray and Suri make the case that robots will never completely eliminate 'ghost work' and the unchecked quest for artificial intelligence could spark catastrophic work conditions if not stopped in its tracks. Ultimately, they show how this essential type of work can create opportunity--rather than misery--for those who do it."--Dust jacket.