Category: Automation Impact on Jobs

Developing countries left behind by automation, research suggests

Developing countries left behind by automation, research suggests

A substantial amount of jobs in developing countries are at risk of automation. At a time in which we as a society are making great strides with automation technology, the question looms of how this will affect jobs.

It’s important not to generalise too much about the effect automation will have either directly or indirectly, as to do so would be failing to consider the unique factors in each population that will mediate these effects.

A 2016 report published by the Oxford Martin programme on technology and employment in conjunction with Citi explains that countries such as Ethiopia (85pc), India (69pc), […]

California’s ‘Jobs of the Future Fund’ wants to tax workplace robots

California’s ‘Jobs of the Future Fund’ wants to tax workplace robots

Whether it’s immigration, health care, taxes or the environment, there are plenty of topics which drive voters. One that is not quite as much of a hot-button topic as it maybe should be? The impact of automation on employment. As we have covered here on multiple occasions , artificial intelligence and robotics is likely to have a massive impact on jobs , long before we need to start worrying about things like superintelligence and the technological singularity . With that in mind, a San Francisco official is actively pushing for a “robot tax,” and a more thorough examination of […]

Are machines coming for our jobs? Probably not

Are machines coming for our jobs? Probably not

Open this photo in gallery: Getty Images/iStockphoto The Terminator isn’t likely to come from the future to wipe out humanity, but rather to eliminate human jobs – or so the steady stream of forecasts and headlines suggests.

Most recently, the United Nations last month warned of robots and artificial intelligence destabilizing the world through the mass automation of work. In response, or rather in preparation, the UN is opening the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics think tank in The Hague to study the potential threat.

The warning follows a host of reports in the same vein, such as a widely […]

Here Are the Jobs Most Likely to Be Replaced by Robots, and Those That Are Safe

Here Are the Jobs Most Likely to Be Replaced by Robots, and Those That Are Safe

The question of the role of robotics and automation in our everyday lives is one that looms large over conversations about what the workplaces and economies of the future will look like. As technology has become embedded into our lives, it’s not so much a question of if it will affect the kinds of jobs people hold, but when, where and how.

A group of researchers from Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., conducted a study to better understand which U.S. industries and regions are most susceptible to change driven by automation. They also explored why the subject is such […]

Look Out Emerging Markets, The Robots Are Coming

Look Out Emerging Markets, The Robots Are Coming

The machines are coming! The narrative that no one will have a job by 2050 is nothing new – scholars, economists and other pundits have been painting the demise of the global workforce for a number of years. In 2013, the University of Oxford released a paper titled "The Future of Employment: How Susceptible Are Jobs to Computerisation?" that concluded that 47 percent of jobs in the U.S. are at risk of automation within the next 20 years.

Four years since the study and the unemployment rate is at its lowest point in over a decade. The narrative has grown […]

What happens when there is little work

What happens when there is little work

“Therefore my friends, as you have always obeyed — not only in my presence, and now much more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.” Philippians 2:12.

This is the early church leader, Paul, speaking to a church he planted in the Roman city of Philippi about 2000 years ago.

What happens in the future when there is not that much work to do? There is some talk that with all the automation, that there will be less work to do for humans. Robots and computers will do more of the day to day work, […]

Soft skills and hard measures the future for Singapore’s HR professionals

Soft skills and hard measures the future for Singapore’s HR professionals

The rapid change in the lives of business leaders, particularly for those responsible for organisations’ human resources, rages unabated. At a pace, we have seen emerging technologies, computerisation and automation that have reshaped the Singapore workforce.

Now, with abundant computing power and vast amounts of data, there has been a surge in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine-learning techniques that are further transforming the workforce at dramatic speed, with many jobs starting to disappear and different skills required.

Oxford University researchers have estimated 47% of US jobs could be automated within two decades. They predict the first to go to the robots […]

NBN on AI: the help or hindrance of humanity

NBN on AI: the help or hindrance of humanity

Image licensed under Creative Commons. What is the future of humanity?

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, with some seeing humanity eventually colonizing the stars and others predicting that the human race would dwindle to extinction. According to the Future of Humanity Institute at the University of Oxford , the key to humanity’s success or failure might come in the form of artificial intelligence, or AI.

AI is one of the most commonly explored subject in science fiction, appearing frequently in films like Terminator and Interstellar . Because of its complexity, some misunderstanding still lingers as to the definition […]

TV: “A World without work”

TV:

Documentary on France 5-20 h .50by Brittany in Pittsburgh passing through Brussels, San Francisco, Tarn or Switzerland, this informative documentary Across Planet, co-written by Noel Mamère and Philippe Borrel, has something to worry about millions of Workers.

We knew less qualified already severely affected by mass unemployment because of robotization and "smart" machines, more reliable and less costly than humans. By having stevedores testify, authors put words on ills of today’s work.

The example of logistics sector, which employs 700 000 people in France, is enlightening. The robots have invaded warehouses. How to make se machines and men coexist? It is […]

World Bank foresees millions of job losses from automation

People are threatened with the millions of jobs that will be taken over by machines and policymakers need to invest in human capital as an imperative, says World Bank Chief, Dr Jim Yong Kim. Addressing an event in New York last week, Kim said that due to the ever-changing global economy, it was mandatory that a sense of urgency be created towards improving and investing in people, while highlighting that authority figures needed to implement action plans to invest in education and health, as reported by BBC.

Reporting on the same issue, The Globe and Mail Canada cited Bank of […]