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Work in the future: Will AI take over our jobs?

Work in the future: Will AI take over our jobs?

Update: 2025-11-033
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Some people believe Artificial Intelligence will one day be able to do our jobs for us. But how likely is this? In the meantime, how is AI impacting work today? In this episode, Pippa and Phil talk about how AI might change the world of work, with Martin Ford, author of Rise of the Robots, a book about how technology might change work.

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disruptive مخل unprecedented بی سابقه implications مفاهیم، معنی cliche کلیشه Under-promise and over-deliver > کم قول بده و بیشتر از انتظار عمل کن grain دانه five ish years نزدیک به پنج سال (پسوند ish به معنی حدود و تقریب) susceptible مستعد white collar work کار دفتری (پشت میزی) collar یقه anecdote قصه، حکایت inevitable اجتناب ناپذیر regimented دسته بندی شده thinking out of the box خلاقانه فکر کردن pessimist بدبین overwhelming خرد کننده

Nov 8th
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Work in the future: Will AI take over our jobs?

Work in the future: Will AI take over our jobs?

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