04/11/2017: Will Robots Write The Music You Listen To In The Future?

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Marketplace

04/11/2017: Will Robots Write The Music You Listen To In The Future?

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The White House is putting trade front-and-center of its jobs policy, but when it comes to issues facing the American workforce, technology may be the bigger challenge. As part of our “Robot-Proof Jobs” series, Marketplace’s David Brancaccio visits Oberlin, Ohio today to meet up with a composer — an occupation that the data suggest is immune to the forces of automation. Afterwards, we’ll look at the future of Toshiba, which has reported a loss approaching $5 billion in the last nine months of 2016.