ABC RN Future Tense: Machines, automation and the future at 11:30 AM today

http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/2014/02/fte_20140223.mp3 From the ID3 comment: For decades we've watched machines gradually replace one blue-collar job after another, but in recent years algorithms and increasingly sophisticated machines have begun eating their way into decidedly white-collar territory. And as a result, economist Tyler Cowen now predicts the hollowing out of the middleclass. But is the picture really that gloomy? We explore the impact of technological change on the way we'll work in future. Interview with an author of "The Second Machine Age" Erik Brynjolfsson <https://www.google.com.au/search?sa=X&hl=en&biw=1376&bih=674&tbm=bks&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Erik+Brynjolfsson%22&ei=ejoJU8i8BISUkwXA74G4Ag&ved=0CC0Q9AgwAA>, ?Andrew McAfee <https://www.google.com.au/search?sa=X&hl=en&biw=1376&bih=674&tbm=bks&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Andrew+McAfee%22&ei=ejoJU8i8BISUkwXA74G4Ag&ved=0CC4Q9AgwAA> 2014 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=WiKwAgAAQBAJ (Preview) http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/17/before-blaming-the-robots-lets-...
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Rodney Brown