Alec Ross - The Rise of Robots
Read the blurb text:
"Across large swaths of the globe, people feel newly under siege by rising inequality and unwelcome disruption. A pervasive sense that it is becoming harder to find your place in the world or get ahead is rattling many societies. This book is about the next economy. It is written for everyone who wants to know how the next wave of innovation will affect our countries, our societies, and ourselves."
Describe in your own words what the texts is saying.
00:00 - 7:30
1. Alex says he has "a chip on each shoulder" - what does he mean?
2. He doesn't "see the world through rose-coloured glasses" - what does he mean?
3. Why did he write The Industries of the Future?
4. What mattered in the last 20 years economically?
5. What will matter in the next 20 years?
6. What was the "binary" of the 20th century?
7. My was Alex's mom known as as Becky the Barbarian?
From 7:30-12:00
Discuss:
How are the skills, knowledge, training and work experience you have relevant to the current job market?
Alex's predictions
1. What is so different now with technology, industry and the workplace?
2. Two things that make a technological revolution possible in the 2020s.
1. _______ mapping
2. _______ robotics
3. What is mapping relief space? Why is it so hard to achieve?
4. What is cloud robotics? Why don't we have C3PO yet?
5. How could C3PO become possible?
6. What are "blue collar jobs? What are "white collar" jobs?
7. How can robots take over "white collar" jobs?
Discuss
Is the experience and training you are doing now appropriate for a world where robots will do many blue and white collar jobs?
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