Category: Automation Impact on Jobs

How Self-Driving Cars “See” the World

How Self-Driving Cars “See” the World

Modern cars bear little resemblance to their early ancestors, but the basic action of steering a vehicle has always remained the same. Whether you’re behind the wheel of a Tesla or a vintage Model T, turning the wheel dictates the direction of movement. This simple premise, which places humans at the center of control, may be ripe for disruption as tech giants and car companies race toward a future that would render human-controlled vehicles obsolete.

How does this next generation of self-driving cars “see” the road? Today’s video from TED-Ed explains one of the mind-bending innovations making autonomous vehicles a […]

AI assists human intelligence – it doesn’t replace it

AI assists human intelligence – it doesn’t replace it

Technological developments bring forth visionary predictions of questionable value. This reminds me of an opinion in the Talmud that prophecy in our times had degenerated into the occupation of fools – such as predictions of flying cars or swarms of drones delivering merchandise.

But here we turn our attention to a serious subject. Given the increasing power of “artificial intelligence” software, will automation replace human workers at a rate that leads to social instability? I don’t think so. In fact, the question implies a mistaken notion of what artificial intelligence does.

There is hardly an area of industrial activity that has […]

Automation to Create More Jobs for Indonesia Than It Destroys by 2030: McKinsey

Automation to Create More Jobs for Indonesia Than It Destroys by 2030: McKinsey

Phillia Wibowo, the president director of McKinsey Indonesia, said Indonesia is poised to create two times more new jobs from automation than it loses. (Photo courtesy of McKinsey Indonesia) Jakarta . Indonesian workforce could end up seeing more jobs available to them – mainly in the service sector – should the government and corporate sectors manage the adoption of automation and artificial intelligence well over the next decade, a new report by global consulting company McKinsey said.

Automation in the largest economy in Southeast Asia is projected to destroy up to 23 million jobs and create between 27 to 46 […]

How automation will change our workforce

How automation will change our workforce

Around the world, there is increasing interest and concern about the potential effect of technology, specifically automation, on employment. Since releasing our Megatrends report in 2018, we’ve undertaken modelling to help several clients understand the effect of automation on their area . In this article, we consider how technology has affected employment historically, where it’s heading, and use our work for ATEED in Auckland as a case study to highlight the potential future changes. Technological change isn’t new

Technological change has been a constant force throughout history and, despite often being perceived as a threat to workers at the […]

In Colorado, growth industries include manicurists and cell phone tower workers. Surprisingly, some once-important tech jobs are dwindling.

In Colorado, growth industries include manicurists and cell phone tower workers. Surprisingly, some once-important tech jobs are dwindling.

DISH team members Bryan Bren, left, a mobile tower deployer, and Monty Groff, right, director of engineering set up a COW, or Cell On Wheels tower, near the DISH Riverfront Call Center on July 30, 2019 in Littleton. 0

Concerns that robotics, automation and artificial intelligence will displace entire job categories are on the rise. But what occupations have actually fallen in and out of favor in Colorado this decade?

For example, the number of survey researchers in Colorado has dropped by four-fifths since 2009, while the number of cellular tower workers is up eight-fold, according to an analysis from […]

The future of work will be far less frightening when there’s more women in AI

The future of work will be far less frightening when there’s more women in AI

The future is here. Open a web browser. Pick up a newspaper. Search for stories about artificial intelligence and the future of work. While scholarship on the topic is getting increasingly nuanced , you’re still likely to confront dire warnings about how smart machines are coming to take our jobs . Like, all of them.

Tesla and Space X CEO Elon Musk says mass automation is “ the scariest problem ” facing society because “what’s going to happen is robots will be able to do everything better than us … I mean all of us.” AI pioneer and venture […]

How automation and artificial intelligence will affect your job

How automation and artificial intelligence will affect your job

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(Source: The Daily Edition) We’ve long heard that robots are set to take over our jobs, but now new research has revealed which careers are actually at risk. Credit: Getty Images Stock We’ve long heard that robots are set to take over our jobs, but now new research has revealed which careers are actually at risk and which are future-proof – and they’re not necessarily the jobs you would think.

Over the next five years, it’s being predicted that more than 13,500 fewer secretaries will be hired – and sales assistants are also declining fast […]

Tech in Africa: Job killer, or job creator?

Tech in Africa: Job killer, or job creator?

Investment in education is the only way to prevent job automation becoming a fatality (phonlamaiphoto – stock.adobe.com) Everyone agrees jobs is a priority of the 21st century on the continent. But will technology help or hinder? Our experts push aside the distinction to focus on skills, mind-sets and structural reform…

It is the first of May, international day of workers, at the Athlone Stadium in Cape Town. Paul Mashatile, dressed in the trademark yellow and green T-shirt of the ruling African National Congress (ANC), is speaking to a packed audience of trade unionists dressed in red.

“There are many of our […]

Keep your job options open and don’t ditch science in school subjects

Keep your job options open and don’t ditch science in school subjects

Thousands of Year 10 students have just chosen, or are in the process of choosing, subjects for their final years of school – and half will probably ditch science.

For someone like me who thinks science is one of the most worthwhile things I’ve ever studied, that decision is bewildering.

The downward trend in science enrolments has been watched with concern for decades and is the subject of much research .But still science continues to be out of favour with teens despite its potential use in a wide range of employment opportunities, beyond the traditional science careers. Doing fun work in […]

Automation leading to fewer midskill jobs such as bookkeepers, IT support workers: Hays

Midskill jobs are declining in many industrialized countries as firms turn to automation, according to a report released by staffing firm Hays plc and Oxford Economics.

“Rapid technological development has enabled machines and software to complete many routine and increasingly non-routine tasks, according to the report. “As the cost of these machines and programs falls, they become increasingly close — and sometimes superior — substitutes for the humans who previously completed the tasks, leading to employment losses in vulnerable occupations.”

Midskill jobs include bookkeepers, paralegals and IT support among others.Technological advances in communication have also enabled further offshoring by industrialized counties, […]