'Help the robots are coming!' or 'Robots take our jobs': the media are full of this kind of disturbing reports of robotics and the labor market. But there are other views on the arrival of robots in the workplace. Should we be worried? According to some, there really is no need to fear robots. They also point out that technology provides new opportunities for employment. Which developments has the labor market gone through because of technologisation? And what does technologisation mean for our future jobs?
Pakhuis De Zwijger and the International Institute of Social History organized a debate on this topic, titled The Robot as a Colleague (in Dutch) as part of the series The Future of Labour.
The Video above is in Dutch. Timetable to the video:
00:00 - Introduction: (moderator Bahram Sadeghi)
06:55 - Marcel van Linden (IISG): The Robot from a historical perspective
20:17 - Bennie Mols (research journalist, the influence of robots in the workplace)
35:04 - Panel: Anna Salomons (University of Utrecht), Bennie Mols, Bahram Sadeghi
52:45 - Eamer Beamer (kids programming robots)
1:00:34 - Robert Went (WRR): co-auteur: Mastering the Robot
1:18:53- Discussion panel with:
- Robert Went (WRR)
- Marcel van de Linden (IISG)
- Anna Salomons (University of Utrecht)
- Linda Voortman (GroenLInks, member of Dutch Parliament)