On July 5, I’ll be participating in a conversation with White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough and Zipcar co-founder Robin Chase about robots and automation and what they mean for the future. The event will be live-streamed from the White House starting at 1:15 EDT.
Details are available on the White House blog.
Update: A video of the session can be seen here. Topics included potential for AI/robots to create unemployment, basic income as a solution, and even the potential threat of superintelligent AI.
Martin Ford 
Mr. Ford,
Please make an effort to contact Senator Mark Warner (if you haven’t already). He has organized a group of Senators on “the future of work”, and he’s very thoughtful and serious about it. I think he will be more interested in your ideas than most any Member of Congress.
Sam Bleicher
Samuel A. Bleicher
Adjunct Professor, Georgetown Law School
http://www.strategicpathllc.com
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