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Books Reviewed in 2020

Books Reviewed in 2020

2020 was a terrible year for the world. 2020 was a great year for books.

Here are the books that I reviewed for IHE, along with a couple that I co-authored.

Would love to hear (in a letter to the editor, or an e-mail, or a tweet, or a TikTok, or whatever) if we read any of the same books in 2020. See you all in 2021. Learning Innovation and the Future of Higher Education by Joshua Kim and Edward Maloney The Low-Density University: 15 Scenarios for Higher Education by Edward Maloney and Joshua KimForeword to ‘Going Alt-Ac: A Guide to […]

Futuristic Legal Chatbots Can Help Lawyers

Futuristic Legal Chatbots Can Help Lawyers

There is no doubt that chatbots have completely transformed just about every industry, but now it has infiltrated the legal services industry. It’s now possible for individuals to speak with virtual lawyers online, and at no cost.

Of course, this does not mean that chatbot lawyers will ever be able to take the place of real lawyers no matter how AI advances. However, administrative and financial matters can be made simpler through automated services.

This means that lawyers are able to shift their focus to the truly significant legal matters which cannot be replaced by an automated service. This not only […]

Universal basic income trial backed in Swansea

Universal basic income trial backed in Swansea

Money Richard Youle, local democracy reporter

The replacement of the welfare system with a sum of money paid to everyone, irrespective of their means, has been endorsed by Swansea councillors.

They supported a motion which backed the concept of universal basic income (UBI) and the value of trialling it, potentially in Swansea.The motion suggested that the current welfare system was failing, and that UBI could address inequality, poverty and precarious employment by giving workers greater freedom to change their job, valuing unpaid work and removing the negative impacts of benefit sanctions.It said the success of a pilot UBI should be […]

If Trump wants to boost American manufacturing, he should keep the borders open

If Trump wants to boost American manufacturing, he should keep the borders open

An employee uses a robotic arm at an auto factory. In North American advanced manufacturing, the authors write, "talented hires commonly have to come through customs to reach the lab or factory floor. On the campaign trail and in front of White House cameras, President Trump talks frequently about bringing back factory jobs, steel jobs, and coal jobs. It’s a seductive idea. But if America truly wants to rebuild its manufacturing sector, its government should be actively working to outfit its workforce for the factories of the future, not the past.

How can the country’s leaders accomplish that? The first […]

AI Should Change What You Do — Not Just How You Do It

AI Should Change What You Do — Not Just How You Do It

Few leaders would dispute the fact that business today is driven by data and smart algorithms. Yet, rather than real digital transformation, many instead pursue digital incrementalism, using automation to cut costs or, worse — cut jobs. Doing so might buy you some time from impatient shareholders, but it will be short-lived unless you can face the challenge: How do you reimagine what you do for a new era of AI-powered competition?

The high unemployment numbers of the Covid-19 recession have obscured a systemic problem: the accelerating effect of automation on the workforce. We have been here before. In […]

The U.S. has a “racial tech gap” problem, Deutsche Bank study shows

The U.S. has a “racial tech gap” problem, Deutsche Bank study shows

The economic disparity between minorities and white Americans has manifested itself in a variety of ways, such as gaps in employee diversity , wages and minority-owned businesses .

A new study from Deutsche Bank shows Black and Hispanic Americans are also experiencing a “racial tech gap,” which could threaten their future ability to gain meaningful employment and grow wealth in a digitized economy, according to Deutsche Bank Global Technology Strategist Apjit Walia.

“The staggering divide in the numbers we found was when it came to race, especially in urban areas, with Black and Hispanic communities 10 years behind the white community […]

The Future of Labor in an AI World

The Future of Labor in an AI World

(WhoIsDanny/Shutterstock) What will you be doing on Labor Day in 2030? How about five years from today? Will your job still be available? What skills will your employer demand? Nobody can forecast the future with total certainty, but a conservative reading of the workplace tea leaves suggests labor is in for a bumpy ride as technological advances make some jobs obsolete, while opening up new opportunities.

It’s a safe bet that people employed in the collection and analysis of data will be in demand in 2030. In fact, given the trajectory of big data analytics and artificial intelligence and where […]

A new study measures the actual impact of robots on jobs. It’s significant.

A new study measures the actual impact of robots on jobs. It’s significant.

Machines replacing humans in the workplace has been a perpetual concern since the Industrial Revolution, and an increasing topic of discussion with the rise of automation in the last few decades. But so far hype has outweighed information about how automation — particularly robots, which do not need humans to operate — actually affects employment and wages.

The recently-published paper “Robots and Jobs: Evidence from U.S. Labor Markets” by MIT professor and Boston University professor Pascual Restrepo, PhD ’16, finds that industrial robots do have a negative impact on workers.

The researchers found that for every robot added per 1,000 workers […]

As America’s labor market faces fundamental change, it’s time to consider a universal basic income

As America’s labor market faces fundamental change, it’s time to consider a universal basic income

Robots on a grid at an Ocado fullfilment center in the U.K. where the company has about 600,000 active customers. Ocado entered into an exclusive partnership with Kroger to build the automated online grocery fulfillment centers in the U.S. COVID-19, in a matter of weeks, has stripped us bare of any illusion that we have it all figured out. Societal inequity has been thrust center stage, from the number of people one crisis away from poverty to the clear racial inequity in the disease’s disparate impact on communities of color.

In a strange paradox we were shown just how wide […]

Is AI Contributing to Climate Change and Delaying People Coming out of Poverty?

Is AI Contributing to Climate Change and Delaying People Coming out of Poverty?

AI has become the buzzword of the world, and an integral part of almost every company’s digital transformation agenda. AI users have become producers of AI tools and services. Corporate leaders and even the White House have come with forward with a directive on promotion, promulgation, and advancement of artificial intelligence.

On February 11, 2019, President Trump signed Executive Order 13859 announcing the American AI Initiative. Executive Order 13859 is the United States’ national strategy on artificial intelligence. 4000+ companies in the world are in the business of producing AI tools, products and services. AI and its impact on climate […]