Workplace of the future will still need humans, conference hears

Workplace of the future will still need humans, conference hears

Expert says ‘perceived unstoppable march of robots coming to take our jobs is overstated’

Pictured is JiLL, a robot with inbuilt facial recognition software, who greets visitors at real estate firm JLL’s Sydney office. The likelihood that a super smart robot army will soon be marching on Irish workplaces and stealing the jobs of simple humans was downplayed at a Dublin event focusing on the workplaces of the future.

Addressing a conference organised by the Association of Higher Civil and Public Servants (AHCP), Dr Lisa Wilson of the Nevin Economic Research Institute said the “perceived unstoppable march of robots coming […]

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