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What the Automated Future of Work Can Mean for Us Humans
This season of Better Life Lab, we've been taking a close look at work stress and the future of work and wellbeing. Parts of the American economy are looking tough for many workers--even "dystopian." People are quitting their jobs at record rates. We know what many of the problems are, yet the fixes are not so simple. So on this closing episode of our fourth season, we ask: Are bad jobs an inherent part of the workplace -- or can we actually do what it takes to make the jobs of the future good jobs, big enough to support real human life for all of us? Warren Valdmanis, private equity investor and partner with Two Sigma Impact, who will only invest in companies that provide good jobs.
As AI Gets Smarter, What Happens to Us Humans?
There are more intelligent AI systems being created every day. Technology is getting smarter, and it's us that are allowing it. As fabulous as it might be to have ten different robots carrying out your daily chores from housework, to cooking, to taking the kids to school, are we safe? How do we know that one day we're not going to find ourselves in a Terminator moment and be overtaken by robots? It's estimated that AI will overtake human intelligence levels somewhere between 2040 and 2060.