WORKLABR 1D03 - Technology and the Future of Work

3 unit(s)

This course explores the future of work in the face of the advances in robotics, artificial intelligence, and other technologies, and consider which jobs are most vulnerable to automation. How is technology changing the work/life balance, and how will the current 4th industrial revolution be different than the previous ones? Most importantly, how can we organize to make machines enhance our lives instead of threatening our futures?
Lectures and discussions; one term
Antirequisite(s): LABRST 1D03; LABRST 2K03