Kaplan, Jerry.

Humans need not apply : a guide to wealth and work in the age of artificial intelligence / Guide to wealth and work in the age of artificial intelligence Jerry Kaplan. - xii, 241 pages ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-228) and index

Welcome to the future -- Teaching computers to fish -- Teaching robots to heel -- Robotic pickpockets -- The gods are angry -- Officer, arrest that robot -- America, land of the free shipping -- America, home of the brave pharaohs -- Take this job and automate it -- The fix is in -- Outroduction : welcome to your children's future.

Researchers are finally cracking the code on artificial intelligence. It has the potential to usher in a new age of affluence and leisure-- but as Kaplan warns, the transition may be protracted and brutal unless we address the two great scourges of the modern developed world: volatile labor markets and income inequality. He proposes innovative, free-market adjustments to our economic system and social policies to avoid an extended period of social turmoil.--

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Artificial intelligence--Economic aspects.
Artificial intelligence--Forecasting.
Artificial intelligence--Social aspects.
Technological forecasting--Social aspects.
Technological innovations--Social aspects.

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