Jobs and careers in the ‘fourth industrial revolution’

By Jock Finlayson
and Kristine St.-Laurent
Business Council of B.C.

The work world is being transformed by rapidly evolving digital technologies as we march into what many are calling the “fourth industrial revolution.” Jock Finlayson With disruptive technologies pushing the frontiers of automation, some of the comparative advantages humans traditionally have enjoyed relative to technology are eroding. Computers and learning-based algorithms have progressed beyond replacing repetitive, manual tasks with mechanical execution.Now, recognizing patterns, providing diagnoses and communicating complex information – three activities once seen as within the purview of people – are increasingly performed by computers. Doctors, lawyers, accountants […]

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