The Robots are Coming: The Future of Work

Are you ready to embrace the rise of the machines?

Artificial intelligence and specialised robots are transforming the workplace at an ever-faster rate. Machines fill roles ranging from the supermarket check-out to precision surgery.

Are we on the brink of a science fiction nightmare, or is this the dawn of a new age of efficiency, ease and enhanced potential?

Will the replacement of human labour by automated processes further deepen global economic inequality, or will it liberate human beings from the need to earn a living altogether?

To debate what awaits our working lives in the near future we have assembled a panel of experts on robotics and artificial intelligence.

The panel features Dr Sabine Hauert, lecturer in robotics and member of Bristol Robotics Laboratory, an academic centre for multi-disciplinary robotics research in the UK.

Daniel Susskind is a lecturer in economics at Oxford University, former adviser to the Prime Minister and author of The Future of the Professions: How Technology Will Transform the Work of Human Experts.

Anab Jain is co-founder and director of Superflux, an Anglo-Indian design practice dedicated to exploring the ways in which 'emerging technologies interface with the environment and everyday life'.

St Paul’s Roof Pavilion at Royal Festival Hall