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Are our jobs at risk? What are the core skills we need to have when we want to compete against AI? And what do goats have to do with all of this?Teresa Farinha, a research fellow at UNU-MERIT, who studies the evolution of regional labor systems, impacts of automation, and the future of work, answers these and many more questions in this episode about AI and the future of work.Guest: Teresa FarinhaTeam behind the podcast: Clarissa Bruns, Ion Cantea, Ross Mudie, Céline Nimeskern, Alex Lim, Anissa Zeroual, Loesje Verhoeven, Job Zomerplaag and Carolin RiethmüllerTeresa's mentions:<ul><li>Albert-Laszlo Barabasi - The Formula: The Universal Laws of Success</li><li>Ekkehard Ernst for his research in Artificial Intelligence</li></ul>Teresa Farinha’s website: <a href="https://tfarinha.wixsite.com/tfarinha" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://tfarinha.wixsite.com/tfarinha</a>

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