Panorama
Could a Robot Do My Job?
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Opening Titles and Introduction: Reporter Rohan Silva looks at the workplaces already using new technology and asks whether we should feel threatened by it. Jobs to be lost with the Rise of The Robots?
Duration: 01:17
HMRC Tax Enquiry Centre, (Margaret Davies), Merthyr Tydfil job losses as people go online with computers. More of our work will be automated so jobs will be lost
Duration: 01:58
DLR , London's Docklands Light Railway self-drive trains, self check-in at airports, online taxi bookings: All work & tasks previously done by humans. M.I.T.'s predictions with A.I. Progress (Andrew McAfee & Erik Brynjolfsson, Co-Authors of 'The Second Machine Age'), affects on jobs and the economy
Duration: 02:08
Archive and current robot and office skill footage, middle skill jobs being lost to automation, including office/ white collar jobs (Angus Knowles-Cutler, Senior Partner, Deloitte)(Baroness Morgan, House of Lords, Digital Skills Committee)
Duration: 02:03
Self-drive cars / vehicles: Machines coping with the unexpected (Google)(UK Catapult self-drive vehicles in Milton Keynes (Jez Coates, Vehicle Engineer))
Duration: 04:35
Archive Footage: Tomorrow's World Unimate in 1967 & Panorama
Duration: 00:46
Self-Drive Lorries (Bob Wain, Lorry Driver)
Duration: 01:23
The advance in machines with exponential power in computers (Andrew McAfee & Erik Brynjolfsson), self-learning machines, A.I. In customer enquiries (David Franklin & Christian Clarke, Virgin Trains)
Duration: 04:07
A robot with a human presence (Andrew McAfee & Erik Brynjolfsson): Smarter machines replacing jobs, but also creating better paid jobs for other people. More wealth via less people (Kodak vs Instagram)
Duration: 04:15
Work that computer-proofs humans are good at- Problem solving and empathy. Teaching computer code and working together taught in schools (Derek Peaple, Head Teacher, Park House School), and adults need to be adaptable and re-trained (Lord Jones, Former Director General CBI (2000-2006))(Frances O'Grady, General Secretary, TUC)(Baroness Morgan, House of Lords, Digital Skills Committee)
Duration: 05:08
Boston Hospital humans working with computers (Super-computer taking in regular patient measurements and providing diagnosis help from big patient data, and death probability)
Duration: 02:14
Conclusions: Keeping up in the digital age with machines better than us with some tasks
Duration: 00:35
End Titles & Credits
Duration: 00:25Panorama
Could a Robot Do My Job?
First broadcast: 14th September 2015
Duration 28:51
Britain is on the brink of a technological revolution. Reporter Rohan Silva looks at the workplaces already using new technology and asks whether we should feel threatened by it.
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