“Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf?”
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7433/s103.2017.12Keywords:
automation, robots, artificial intelligence, work, employment, universal revenueAbstract
Purpose of the paper: Raise awareness about some issues related to automation
Methodology: Aristotelian
Findings: The present world is dying, the present world is dead
Practical implications: Huge and unpredictable
Originality/value: A revolution
Type of paper: Philosophical
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