Adults

Adults/Unit 10: The Future of Work

Vocabulary

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Automation

"Robots doing work."

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Artificial

"Man made."

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Replace

"Take place of."

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Skill

"Ability."

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Future

"Time to come."

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Economy

"Money system."

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Salary

"Pay."

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Secure

"Safe."

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Creative

"Inventive."

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Adapt

"Change."

Article

Will You Be Replaced?

"Automation" is coming. Factories are already robots. Now, AI is writing code, drawing art, and answering phones. What is left for humans?

The Gig Economy Uber, Upwork, DoorDash. Short term "Gigs" instead of jobs. It offers flexibility but no security. No health insurance, no paid holidays. Is it freedom or exploitation?

Universal Basic Income (UBI) If robots do all the work, how do we eat? Some propose UBI: the government pays everyone a salary just to exist. It sounds radical, but it might be necessary.

Human Skills Creativity, Empathy, Strategy. These are hard to automate. The jobs of the future will be "High Touch," not "High Tech."

Discussion

Questions

1Are you afraid of AI taking your job?
2What jobs will disappear in 10 years?
3Is the Gig Economy good for workers?
4Do you support Universal Basic Income?
5What skills should children learn today?

Further Discussion

1Will a jobless world be boring?
2Who profits from automation?
3How do we tax robots?

Practice

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The use of largely automatic equipment in a system of manufacturing or other production process is...

Made or produced by human beings rather than occurring naturally is...

To take the place of is to...

The ability to do something well constitutes a...

The time or a period of time following the moment of speaking or writing is the...

The wealth and resources of a country or region constitute the...

A fixed regular payment constitutes a...

To fix or attach something firmly creates...

Relating to or involving the use of the imagination or original ideas to create something is being...

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Make something suitable for a new use or purpose; modify constitutes...

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