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18 or over. Hello and welcome to the Red Box politics podcast in the Times, I'm Matt Chorley.

After weeks of talking about personalities in the election campaign we now have the

manifestos and can focus on the policies. I'm joined by a stellar panel this week

to help make sense of what's going on. Times columnist Alice Thompson looks at how

we'll be paying for our care in old age.

Matthew Shadick from bookmakers, lad Brooks tells us which battles punters are watching closely,

but first Lucy Fisher, senior political class morning from the Times on what's not in the manifestos.

There is a striking omission in the manifestos of all of Britain's major political parties,

how the government will prepare the UK for the coming age of the robots.

The next generation of artificial intelligence, bioscience, smart automation

will represent a paradigm shift.

This isn't sci-fi, decades-away fantasy realm fodder.

It's one of the biggest challenges we face and it's hurtling down. Sci-Fi, Decades Away, Fantasy Realm Fodder.

It's one of the biggest challenges we face,

and it's hurtling down the line.

It represents a significant threat to employment

will hugely change the nature of work and leisure

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