Mike Osborne is a Professor of Machine Learning at the University of Oxford, and a co-Founder of Mind Foundry. Mike's interests is the practical use of machine learning to enable automation, while ensuring that such advances are made in sympathy with societal needs. As co-director of the Oxford Martin Programme on Technology and Employment, Mike's research on the future of work has resulted in both sustained coverage in almost all major media venues (e.g. his being interviewed on BBC Newsnight, a cover feature in the Economist) and policy impact (including presenting oral evidence to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee).