Future of work - World of Work

What is the 'Terminator myth' about?

• The notion that machines will only displace humans from certain tasks, not all.

• The belief that machines will eventually turn against humans.

• The idea that machines will replace humans in all tasks.

• The fear that robots will physically harm humans.

How do machines complement human beings according to the text?

• By reducing the need for human employment.

• By making humans obsolete in the workplace.

• By enhancing human productivity and efficiency in certain tasks.

• By completely taking over all human tasks.

What does the 'intelligence myth' suggest?

• Machines cannot perform tasks that require human intelligence.

• Machines must replicate human thinking to outperform humans.

• Human intelligence is inferior to machine intelligence.

• Machines can only perform simple, repetitive tasks.

What is the 'superiority myth'?

• The belief that humans will always be superior to machines.

• The notion that machines will always complement human tasks.

• The idea that machines can become more capable than humans in all tasks.

• The fear that machines will not need human assistance in the future.

What is the 'lump of labor fallacy'?

• The belief that there is a fixed amount of work to be divided among workers.

• The idea that labor demand is unaffected by technological progress.

• The fear that technology will lead to a permanent increase in unemployment.

• The notion that machines create more jobs than they displace.

How does technological progress indirectly complement human beings?

• By changing the ingredients in the economic pie.

• By reducing the variety of tasks available.

• By limiting the growth of incomes.

• By making the economic pie smaller.

What role does artificial intelligence play in the 'intelligence myth'?

• It proves that machines cannot replicate human intelligence.

• It is irrelevant to the automation of tasks.

• It demonstrates that machines can perform tasks in an unhuman way.

• It shows that human intelligence is always superior.

What is the main concern regarding technological unemployment?

• It will make the economic pie smaller.

• It will lead to a decrease in machine efficiency.

• It will result in an unequal distribution of the economic pie.

• It will stop economic growth.

What does the future of work depend on, according to the text?

• The ability of humans to adapt to new technologies.

• The development of new forms of universal basic income.

• The balance between machine substitution and human labor demand.

• The elimination of all myths regarding automation.

What does the text suggest about the economic pie?

• It has grown significantly over the last few hundred years.

• It has remained the same size for centuries.

• It will eventually shrink due to technological progress.

• It will be equally divided among all people in the future.