Babbage: The automation game

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Babbage: The automation game

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How quickly will robots disrupt global industries and what will the implications be? We explore with economist Andrew McAfee at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Also, neuroscientists often compare the human brain to a computer chip, so what happened when the idea was put into practice? For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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