The trend that began with ATMs & do-it-yourself checkouts is moving at lightning speed Everything from driving to teaching to the care of the elderly & indeed code-writing can now be done by smart machines Conventional wisdom says there will be new jobs to replace those we lose but is it so simple? & are we ready? Technology writer & think-tank director Nigel Cameron argues it's naive to believe we face a smooth transition Whether or not there are new jobs we face massive disruption as the jobs millions of us are doing get outsourced to machines A twenty-first-century rust belt will rapidly corrode the labor market & affect literally hundreds of different kinds of jobs simultaneously Robots won't design our future we will Yet shockingly political leaders & policy makers don't seem to have this in their line of sight So how should we assess & prepare for the risks of this unknown future?