China 2014 - Forum Debate Chrome Collar Jobs

http://www.weforum.org/ Will smart machines liberate the labour force or aggravate unemployment? Join this Oxford-style debate on the motion that smart machines will liberate all workers. Erik Brynjolfsson, Director, MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Justine Cassell, Charles M. Geschke Director, Human Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, USA; Global Agenda Council on Artificial Intelligence & Robotics José Manuel Salazar Xirinachs, Assistant Director-General for Policy, International Labour Organization (ILO), Geneva; Global Agenda Council on the Future of Jobs Lord Turner, Senior Fellow, The Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET), United Kingdom Topic Champion Lucian Tarnowski, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, BraveNewTalent.com, United Kingdom; Young Global Leader Moderated by Nik Gowing, International Broadcaster, United Kingdom