E-Books →Robots, Automation and the Innovation Economy (Routledge Studies in the Economics of Innovation)

Five key areas are unpacked in the book: automation, AI, (the significance of AI technology), innovation, competence transformation, and the fact that the pace of change is so rapid that it outstrips our ability to adapt to consecutive changes. The main objective is to show how AI will change society and how we as individuals and society must adapt in order to survive what the author terms 'robot shock', together with its consequences and after-effects. It offers a greater understanding of resistance to change and how we need to adopt strategies for adapting to major changes. Each of the book's six chapters also contains policy inputs, framed as propositions, that are intended specifically for decision-makers. The book concludes by offering possible strategies for overcoming the negative effects of 'robot shock'.
The book intends to send a message to leaders of institutions, decision-makers and anyone attempting to understand and explain how we - as a social system - can succeed in tackling the many major challenges and crises faced by humanity.