Episode
Who's afraid of the AI job-snatchers?
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- Sep 7, 2026
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- 1253
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Summary
There is a general fear that artificial intelligence could make huge swathes of workers redundant, but are those fears unjustified? Rob Young asks what history can tell us about big technological leaps and how they changed the world of work at the time. How much of the rate of change comes down to customer preference - would you rather deal with a bot or a person?