What should we do about job automation? - RSA

Could advances in technology like big data, machine learning and robotics replace jobs faster than new ones can be created? How should we understand the impact of automation on the labour market? In the first in a series of podcasts exploring the big shifts which are underway in the nature of work Matthew Taylor is joined by Michael Osborne, Ryan Avent and Judy Wajcman to discuss how we should understand the impact of automation and what if anything governments should do to respond. Michael Osborne is Co-Director of the Oxford Martin programme on Technology and Employment. In a widely cited study in 2013 he estimated 47 per cent of US occupations have a high risk of being automated.