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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.
Biography
Martin
- 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.
Upcoming appearance
Will AI Eliminate More Jobs Than It Creates?
WhenRecorded October 12, 2026
WhereVideo and voting launch Monday, October 19
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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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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