Robots Will Steal Your Job #4: Information Technology

Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That's OK Audiobook

Now that we understand the nature of exponential growth, we can look at how it applies to the advancement of information technology.

Chapter Index

00:00 | Intro

00:25 | Chapter Begins

08:50 | Outro

Figures

Figure 1.1: The difference between a Linear and an Exponential curve. Courtesy of Ray Kurzweil.

Figure 1.2: The Exponential Growth of computing power over the last 110 years. Courtesy of Ray Kurzweil.

References

1. Cramming more components onto integrated circuits, Gordon E. Moore, 1965. Electronics Magazine. p. 4.
   http://download.intel.com/museum/Moores_Law/Articles-Press_Releases/Gordon_Moore_1965_Article.pdf
2. The Law of Accelerating Returns March 7, Ray Kurzweil, 2001.
   http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-law-of-accelerating-returns

Attributions

• Chapter Text and comment section: Chapter 4: Information Technology | Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That’s OK
• Theme song: The Freeharmonic Orchestra – RoboHobo
• Album art adapted by: Redd Spinks

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