# Are droids taking our jobs?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxBoston 2012
- Speaker: Andrew McAfee
- Year: 2012
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Business and management
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_mcafee_are_droids_taking_our_jobs)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Robots and algorithms are getting good at jobs like building cars, writing articles, translating -- jobs that once required a human. So what will we humans do for work? Andrew McAfee walks through recent labor data to say: We ain't seen nothing yet. But then he steps back to look at big history, and comes up with a surprising view of what comes next.

## Lectures

1. [Are droids taking our jobs?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/andrew_mcafee_are_droids_taking_our_jobs/78fb2d02ee1b), 14 min (TED's player)