Welcome back to the home of the oxymoron. Evil genius. He asked the newspaper to print his obituary early so he'd enjoy it. That's like hiding at your own funeral. Yeah, a big, great gig. I'm Russell Kane. Join me to weigh in on whether the biggest players in history are more evil or genius. Becoming that rich, I'd say that is some level of genius. It also helps that it's a long time ago, right?

It's like the podcast version of telling your kids the ice cream van plays music when it's

out of ice cream.

Listen to Evil Genius on BBC Sounds.

Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Robot.

Could that be the future of employment for the next generation?

Today, we'll hear whether many of the jobs being created here in the Northeast and across the

country and the world are destined to disappear, as increasingly sophisticated artificial

intelligence means that jobs like lawyer, nurse, accountant, all go the way of chimney sweeps

and blacksmiths. Putting forward this view are a dynamic duo of doom, or at least doom

for the traditional professions. They're Richard Suskind, who advises everybody from corporations

to governments on how to manage the points where computers and lawyers meet.

And his son, Daniel Suskind, who teaches economics at Oxford,

and together they've written a book entitled The Future of the Professions,

How Technology Will Transform the Work of Human Experts.

But wait, there may be hope, because with us, we also have a man who suggests that newly powerful Infotech might

just create a whole new way of working, just as the rulebook for the old world of work

disappears without trace. Paul Mason is economics editor for Channel 4 News. He's reported on the

Eurozone crisis from Syntagma Square in Athens, and written about the ideology and economics

of the global financial crisis of 2008.

And his latest book is Post-Capitalism, A Guide to Our Future.

And with us to add a touch of realism is Lucy Armstrong,

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