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Martin Ford

Futurist and Author

Independent author and speaker

Martin Ford examines how artificial intelligence and automation will reshape work and the economy.

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Martin Ford

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  • Artificial intelligence
  • Automation
  • Future of work

Martin Ford is a futurist and the New York Times bestselling author of Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future, which won the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award.

His books also include Rule of the Robots, Architects of Intelligence, and The Lights in the Tunnel. A Silicon Valley software entrepreneur, he has a computer engineering degree from the University of Michigan and a graduate business degree from UCLA.

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Will AI Eliminate More Jobs Than It Creates?

WhenRecording scheduled for October 12, 2026

WhereRecorded online · Public release date to be announced

SuperDebate. Over the next 20 years, AI will eliminate more jobs than it creates.

Martin Ford argues the affirmative; Pedro Domingos argues the negative.

Pedro Domingos
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SuperDebate. Over the next 20 years, AI will eliminate more jobs than it creates.

Martin Ford argues the affirmative; Pedro Domingos argues the negative.

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