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The future of the professions : how technology will transform the work of human experts / Richard Susskind and Daniel Susskind.

By: Susskind, Richard E [author.]Contributor(s): Susskind, Daniel [author.]Description: xvi, 346 pages : illustration ; 24 cmISBN: 0198799071; 9780198799078Subject(s): Professional employees -- Effect of technological innovations on | Technological innovations -- Social aspectsDDC classification: 303.48/34 LOC classification: HD8038.A1 S98 2015
Contents:
Introduction -- Part I. Change. The grand bargain ; From the vanguard ; Patterns across the professions -- Part II. Theory. Information and technology ; Production and distribution of knowledge -- Part III. Implications. Objections and anxieties ; After the professions -- Conclusion: What future should we want?
Summary: "This book sets out two futures for the professions. Both rest on technology. One is reassuringly familiar. It is a more efficient version of what we have today. The second is transformational--a gradual replacement of professionals by increasingly capable systems. Based on the authors' in-depth research of more than ten professions, and illustrated by numerous examples from each, this ... is the first book to assess and question the relevance of the professions in the 21st century."--Cover.
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Originally published 2015; with a new preface.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-335) and index.

Introduction -- Part I. Change. The grand bargain ; From the vanguard ; Patterns across the professions -- Part II. Theory. Information and technology ; Production and distribution of knowledge -- Part III. Implications. Objections and anxieties ; After the professions -- Conclusion: What future should we want?

"This book sets out two futures for the professions. Both rest on technology. One is reassuringly familiar. It is a more efficient version of what we have today. The second is transformational--a gradual replacement of professionals by increasingly capable systems. Based on the authors' in-depth research of more than ten professions, and illustrated by numerous examples from each, this ... is the first book to assess and question the relevance of the professions in the 21st century."--Cover.