INQ120D
Living an Examined Life

Assignment 2

When Robots Steal Our Jobs

Listen to the BBC Radio 4 episode ‘When Robots Steal Our Jobs’, read the chapter ‘Learning to Race with Machines’ from the book The Second Machine Age, and write responses to the following questions and prompts.

  1. Write a one sentence summary of ‘When Robots Steal Our Jobs’ and a one sentence summary of ’Learning to Race with Machines.

  2. How are ‘When Robots Steal Our Jobs’ and ‘Learning to Race with Machines’ related to each other?

  3. Write a question related to either ‘When Robots Steal Our Jobs’ or ‘Learning to Race with Machines’ that would make a good prompt for class discussion. Note, a good question doesn’t necessarily have a clear answer.

  4. Answer your question.

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