Fourth industrial revolution: ‘4IR is not real’

Fourth industrial revolution: ‘4IR is not real’

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The current innovation cycle is not new. It was formulated in the 1980s if not before 4IR has been introduced as an ideological concept to revive a flagging third industrial revolution. Photo: iStock I do not think there is enough substantive transformation happening right now to be called a fourth industrial revolution (4IR). It has been introduced as an ideological concept to revive a flagging third industrial revolution. The current innovation cycle is not new. The relationship between machine intelligence and robotics was formulated in the 1980s, if not earlier.

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