Can*Con 2019: The Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts

The New Industrial Revolution – It may be that in 30 years, you will be driven to a hospital in a driverless car, for an appointment made by an automated scheduler that verifies your identity visually to meet with your doctor to discuss results from an AI radiologist. Between machine learning advances in pattern recognition, algorithms that can emulate routine decisions like bank loans and driving, and advances in robotics, we're no longer sure what portions of which jobs can be replaced by cheap automization. What policies in education, law, social assistance, housing, transport does Canada need to be preparing now to be ready for massive and unpredictable changes in the labour market?