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31: 366:(or risk compensation) as evidence that the safety net created by a guaranteed income might well result in increased economic risk-taking and a more dynamic and entrepreneurial economy. (Peltzman's thesis that risk-improvement measures may be offset by higher-risk behavior is controversial and has been disputed). 272:" and would become a central focus of Silicon Valley. By 2016, major firms like Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Apple were in an intense talent war for AI experts, and Google's CEO had proclaimed that artificial intelligence represented an "inflection point" and that Google would be an "AI-first" company. 517:
states "One gets the sense these are the kinds of books that could perhaps have been written in 1980 about the internet... It is easy for the people involved to see that there’s something enormous here, but surprisingly difficult for them to anticipate which of its potential promises will bear fruit,
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that will ultimately compare to electricity in terms of its impact on the economy and society. Ford argues that AI will be one of humanity's most consequential technologies, transforming virtually every industry and aspect of civilization, and that it will be critical driver of increased innovation
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He has also argued for incorporating explicit incentives — especially for pursuing education — into a basic income scheme, suggesting for example that those who graduate from high school (or complete an equivalency exam) ought to receive a somewhat higher guaranteed income than those who drop out.
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spiral because jobs are the primary mechanism for distributing purchasing power to consumers. He has warned that as income becomes ever more concentrated into the hands of a tiny elite, the bulk of consumers will eventually lack the income and confidence to continue supplying demand to the mass
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and continued technological progress but believes it will be necessary to adapt our economic system to the new reality created by advances in artificial intelligence, and that some form of basic income guarantee is the best way to do this. In
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stated that the book offered a "rare snapshot" of elite opinion in artificial intelligence. Ford stated that his interviewees "don't agree on how fast (AI) is moving, what the next breakthroughs will be, how fast we'll get to
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market industries that form the backbone of the modern economy. To deal with the rise of unemployment and to ensure that consumers have sufficient purchasing power to continue driving economic prosperity, he is in favor of a
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about the potential impact of robotics and artificial intelligence on the U.S. economy and workforce that was live-streamed from the White House.
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Without this, many marginal or "at risk" students would be presented with a perverse incentive to simply drop out and collect the basic income.
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and many others. The conversations recorded in the book delve into the future of artificial intelligence, the path to human-level AI (or
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Ford's first two books both focus on the fact that widespread automation could potentially undermine economic growth or lead to a
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in Seoul. Ford has spoken to or consulted with various governments, and in July 2016 he participated in a conversation with the
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and creativity that will lead to future advances across a broad range of fields in science, engineering and medicine.
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or when, or whether that will be for the good." The book is mainly composed of transcripts of Ford's interviews.
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The Lights in the Tunnel: Automation, Accelerating Technology and the Economy of the Future
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The Lights in the Tunnel: Automation, Accelerating Technology and the Economy of the Future
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https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2016/06/30/white-house-conversation-automation
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Ford has appeared in a number of documentary films and television features, including
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In addition to his books, Ford has written for numerous publications including
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Ford predicted in his 2009 book that "artificial intelligence will be the next
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Ford speaking at the Tata Communications CEO Summit in Ascot, UK in July 2016
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Architects of Intelligence: The Truth About AI from the People Building It
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resulting from advances in artificial intelligence, and the potential for
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Architects of Intelligence: The Truth about AI from the People Building It
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Rule of the Robots: How Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Everything
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Rule of the Robots: How Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Everything
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Ford earned a BSE in computer engineering, magna cum laude, from the
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Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future
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Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future
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Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future
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Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award
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Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award
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Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award
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Whitehouse discussion with Chief of Staff about Automation
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IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News
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He has written four books on technology. His 2015 book,
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bestseller and has been translated into 19 languages.
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and the impact on employment, society and the economy
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University of Michigan College of Engineering alumni
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C-SPAN Book TV Presentation for 'Rise of the Robots'
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University of Michigan
UCLA Anderson School of Management
Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award
Futurist
artificial intelligence
robotics
mfordfuture.com
futurist
artificial intelligence
robotics
Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future
Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award
general-purpose technology
Demis Hassabis
Geoffrey Hinton
Ray Kurzweil
Yann LeCun
Yoshua Bengio
Nick Bostrom
Fei-Fei Li
Rodney Brooks
Andrew Ng
Stuart J. Russell
artificial general intelligence
automation
structural unemployment
University of Michigan
UCLA Anderson School of Management
Killer App

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