Automation threatens jobs and income distribution, but workers can adapt by requalifying and collaborating with AI, while state intervention and a basic income for all can soften the impact and allow for a rethinking of our relationship to work in a world where machines are taking over.

04:06 Automation may change the type of work and create new jobs, but the role of humans as the most important factor of production is bound to diminish with the development of computing and automation.

� 10:39 Despite economic growth, questions remain about job quality, greenhouse gas emissions, and worker displacement, while economists deny structural technological unemployment caused by automation and new AI can learn even non-routine tasks.

� 14:04 Automation may lead to a dual economy with a small number of wealthy proprietors and a large number of low-wage workers, resulting in a "Brave New Capitalists […]

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