Episode · The Rubin Report · 2019-05-30
Dave Rubin & Martin Ford: books mentioned on The Rubin Report
AI & the Threat of a Jobless Future (Martin Ford Interview)
In this episode of The Rubin Report Dave Rubin talks to Martin Ford (Author and Futurist) about his new book 'Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future', Deep Learning, his views on promoting Universal Basic Income, and more. Learn more about your ad choices.
Dave Rubin discussed Rise of the Robots by Martin Ford.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Rise of the Robots
Rise of the Robots is a sobering nonfiction book by Martin Ford that investigates automation, technological advancement, and the looming threat of mass unemployment.
Discussed“and then as you talked about in the book it's gonna put a lot of people out of work as well”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (8) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Rise of the Robots
“joining me today is the author of The New York Times bestseller rise of the robots technology and the threat of a jobless future Martin Ford”
Passing Death of a Marriage
“joining me today is the author of The New York Times bestseller rise of the robots technology and the threat of a jobless future Martin Ford”
Plugged The Lights in the Tunnel
“and so about 10 years ago in 20 2009 I wrote my first book called the lights in the tunnel which really argued that artificial intelligence was going to be the next big thing in computing”
Plugged Rise of the Robots
“and that book did well enough that it led to an opportunity to write this book in 2015 which really got you know quite a bit of attention”
Plugged Rise of the Robots
“I especially in this book rise of the robots I use the very broad meaning for that basically to mean anything that is automating something and taking over”
Plugged Architects of Intelligence
“my latest book architects of intelligence wanted a people it's a series of interviews with the top people in AI”
Plugged Architects of Intelligence
“one of the most prominent ones is Nick Bostrom who I also interviewed in my latest book Architects of intelligence”
Plugged Architects of Intelligence
“again in my latest book I interviewed all these people I asked them this question how soon are we gonna have a computer that is at the level of a human being in terms of intelligence”