The Future of Work blogs and reports

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The algorithmic workplace need not be a dystopia

Blog

10 Nov 2017

Benedict Dellot

Algorithms in the workplace are increasingly viewed with fear and suspicion. But is this a fair portrayal?
Forget talk of mass automation. The UK needs to ramp up investment in AI or be left behind

Blog

17 Oct 2017

Benedict Dellot

The government’s new Review on AI is a welcome reprieve from the excessive fear that hangs over automation. The UK could be a world leader in this technology, if only we let ourselves.
Universal Credit will be a disaster for the self-employed. Who is listening?

Blog

12 Oct 2017

Benedict Dellot

Universal Credit will be a disaster for the self-employed. So why are so few people sounding the alarm?
Good work in progress

Blog

05 Oct 2017

Matthew Taylor

Three months on from the launch of the Government review of Employment Practices in the Modern Economy, Matthew Taylor reflects on its impact and next steps.
Should we mourn the death of the high street?

Blog

26 Sep 2017

Fabian Wallace-Stephens

Physical retail is in decline. E-commerce is on the rise. What does this shift from shops to servers mean for the health of our economy and the vibrancy of high streets across the country?
Citizens, not algorithms, must shape progress

Blog

25 Sep 2017

Matthew Taylor

The strident voice of today's tech evangelists bears a striking similarity to that of the champions of globalisation before 2008. There are important lessons to be learnt.
8 key takeaways from our new report on AI, robotics and automation

Blog

20 Sep 2017

Benedict Dellot

AI and robotics are challenging human supremacy in a growing number of tasks. Will these technologies lead to the decimation of jobs? Or could they take us to a better world of work?
The age of automation: Artificial Intelligence, robotics and the future of low-skilled work

Report

18 Sep 2017

Will AI and robotics lead to the decimation of our labour market? Our new report questions whether this concern is justified.
Robots may well pose an existential threat. But we are lost without them.

Blog

30 Aug 2017

Benedict Dellot

Warnings about autonomous weapons must be heeded. But we cannot hope to tackle society's biggest ills without embracing the new machine age.
Too many robots? The UK doesn't have enough

Blog

25 Jul 2017

Benedict Dellot

Barely a week goes by without another study predicting a robot insurgency. But the data tells a different story: if anything, we're not investing enough in new machines

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