Advancements in cyber physical systems and artificial intelligence (AI) are reshaping our society, promising a world where machines can do almost any task that a human can do and, more often then not, do it better. This creates a problem, however. If AI enabled machines take all the jobs then unemployment will rise to unprecedented levels, leaving huge parts of the population with no means of income. Production costs may fall but who will have money to buy the products that AI machines produce, and what will this new order mean for our society? An open discussion on the topic is required; these important questions must be answered, and failure to do so could have dire consequences for our civilisation… This week Memoori speaks with Thomas Kochan, the George Maverick Bunker Professor of Management, a Professor of Work and Employment Research, and the CoDirector of the MIT Sloan Institute for Work and Employment Research. Prof. […]