Category: Automation Impact on Jobs

Women are less likely to be replaced by robots and might even benefit from automation

Women are less likely to be replaced by robots and might even benefit from automation

Research shows women are better positioned than men to resist the automation of work and possibly even benefit from it.

Women are overrepresented in industries that require high levels of social skills and empathy (such as nursing, teaching and care work), where it would be difficult to replace a human worker with automation. Women in advanced economies also have, on average, higher levels of education and digital literacy, giving them a comparative advantage in a labour market that is continuously transformed by technological innovation.

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AUTOMATION, JOBS AND DEPRESSION

AUTOMATION, JOBS AND DEPRESSION

By Haddon Libby

When you hear government statistics touting the lowest unemployment rate in history at 3.9%, it should be remembered that this number includes only 63% of all working age adults. The other 37% are deemed to be not looking for work whether they are in fact looking or not if they have been out of work for more than 15 weeks (an arbitrary number used to make unemployment numbers look better). Termed the Labor Participation Rate, the United States is currently near its lowest levels of workforce participation in history. When you add back people who have been […]

The future of manufacturing lies in digital transformation

The future of manufacturing lies in digital transformation

Mike Vincent, Deloitte Consulting C&IP Leader and Africa Industrial Products & Services Leader The South African manufacturing industry has come under significant pressure in the last decade with the traditional manufacturing industry currently in the throes of a digital transformation that is accelerated by the exponential growth of smart technologies.

The adoption and impact of Industry 4.0 in South Africa has been relatively low at a foundation stage in the manufacturing industry overall, with some sector differences.

The concept of digitizing everything is becoming a reality. Automation, artificial intelligence, IoT, machine learning and other advanced technologies can quickly capture and analyze […]

How to prepare for AI in the workplace

How to prepare for AI in the workplace

Tweet Artificial Intelligence

Mention artificial intelligence, and most people think one of two things – either “it’s science fiction” or “robots are going to steal our jobs”. Now it’s true that when it comes to the workplace, AI stands to significantly change the daily work environment, but that change is much more likely to mean increased efficiency and productivity, and not the doom and gloom that many claim. In fact, recent research suggests that robots create jobs – a study by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research […]

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Millennials reveal they aren’t prepared for Industry 4.0 and the rise of automation

Millennials reveal they aren’t prepared for Industry 4.0 and the rise of automation

And with the “gig economy” already becoming more popular as a viable alternative to full-time employment, more are likely to leave their current jobs anyway, new research shows.

The 2018 Deloitte Millennial Survey reveals just how much of an impact Industry 4.0 is having on millennials and Gen Z.

While these generations are “highly aware” of how the fourth industrial revolution is transforming economies, jobs and society itself, they also feel it has the potential to free people from routine activities to focus on more creative work.But they still remain uneasy about its arrival, with 17 per cent of all surveyed […]

Millennials reveal they aren’t prepared for Industry 4.0 and the rise of automation

Millennials reveal they aren't prepared for Industry 4.0 and the rise of automation

BUSINESS Millennials reveal they aren’t prepared for Industry 4.0 and the rise of automation

A new global survey has revealed what millennials and Gen Z are actually afraid of. Photo / 123RF Millennials and Gen Z are worried their jobs will be replaced by robots.

And with the "gig economy" already becoming more popular as a viable alternative to full-time employment, more are likely to leave their current jobs anyway, new research shows.The 2018 Deloitte Millennial Survey reveals just how much of an impact Industry 4.0 is having on millennials and Gen Z.While these generations are "highly aware" of […]

Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber Review

Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber Review

Graeber, an anthropology professor at the London School of Economics, was a mover and shaker in the Occupy Wall Street movement and is well known for his approachable critiques of neoliberal free market ideology. His new book, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory (Simon & Schuster; $27), sprang from a shorter essay he published in 2013 in a feminist-activist magazine called Strike , which quickly struck a nerve. (One that kept thrumming: on a Monday morning in 2015, an anonymous group plastered the London Underground with quotations from the writings.)

“Huge swathes of people spend their days performing jobs they secretly believe […]

Self-employed think artificial intelligence won’t majorly affect the workplace

Self-employed think artificial intelligence won’t majorly affect the workplace

Half of self-employed worker aren’t too worried about artificial intelligence Half of the UK’s independent workers don’t think that artificial intelligence will have a significant impact on the world of work.

Accenture data has predicted that the growing trend of AI in the workplace could double annual economic growth rates, but independent workers aren’t convinced.

A Qdos Contractor survey with over 1500 contractor respondents shows that: 50 per cent think AI will have ‘little impact’ on their career 21 per cent believe that AI will have a ‘ big positive impact ’ 11 per cent expect a ‘big negative impact’ 18 […]

Did Manufacturing Collapse In the Aughts?

Did Manufacturing Collapse In the Aughts?

What happened to manufacturing in the aughts? The usual story is that employment plummeted but output increased. Apparently manufacturing got a lot more efficient during this period, which is why so many people lost their jobs.

Susan Houseman begs to differ. Using sophisticated decompositions, she finds that it’s all a mirage: computer manufacturing got more efficient, but that’s about it. And even that’s a bit of a mirage due to the way inflation is calculated: it’s not that American workers are making a lot more computers than they used to, it’s that they’re making more MIPS, so to speak. […]