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Could a robot do your job? Short answer: yes

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imageCould they be after your job?Peyri Herrera/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

Here’s a game to play over dinner. One person names a profession that they believe can’t be taken over by a machine, and another person has to make a case why it’s not so future-proof. We played this game on an upcoming episode of SBS’s Insight on the topic of...

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The off-topic Conversation #39

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Welcome to The Conversation’s off-topic space. We’ve set this up as the place where you can discuss anything that isn’t related to a specific article. Please feel free to use this space to get to know each other and talk about news elsewhere and whatever else strikes your fancy.

This is also an opportunity to discuss broader...

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Time for states to change the script over GST gains

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imageThe Commonwealth appear to hold the aces when it comes to state-federal funding, but the states have cards to play.AAP/Stefan Postles

I am a fan of the Netflix series House of Cards, even though it seems implausible that experienced political players would always behave so predictably and often cede power to the protagonist so easily.

However, the...

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