About this episode

Sarah O'Connor discusses her book on AI and the potential job apocalypse with host Michael Goldfarb.

Financial Times correspondent Sarah O'Connor talks about her new book We Are Not Machines: The Fight for the Future of Work which is about AI and the coming jobs apocalypse. In this wide ranging conversation with FRDH host Michael Goldfarb, O'Connor looks at ways machines have helped and hurt workers in the past and why people and their governments need to start planning now to avoid apocalyptic changes in society if AI's potential to make many jobs obsolete is anywhere near fulfilled.

People in this episode

Host: Michael Goldfarb

Guest: Sarah O'Connor

Topics covered

• AI
• future of work
• job displacement
• technology impact
• societal change

Keywords

• AI
• jobs
• apocalypse
• future of work
• technology
• workers
• planning

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Financial Times

Books & works: We Are Not Machines: The Fight for the Future of Work

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