Freakonomics - How to Stop Worrying and Love the Robot Apocalypse

Please be ready to discuss the following questions:

1. What does the podcast mean when it says "technology democratizes things"?

2. How do the researchers suggest skilled work will be "augmented" in the future?

3. What roles do machine learning algorithms play in forensic accounting for insurance companies?

4. On average how many workers does one industrial robot eliminate?

5. What are some examples of using robotics in medicine and nursing homes?

6. Economically speaking, what effect does high wages have on robotic adoption?

7. What is a cobot? How do they differ from traditional robots?

8. What effects are Japanese nursing homes seeing due to increased use of robots?

9. What did Yong Lee's study about robot use in industry find about how it affected jobs?