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What can we do to ensure that automation does not adversely affect labor

What can we do to ensure that automation does not adversely affect labor

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Artificial intelligence and automation continue to delve into our society. In the business industry, companies now use voice recognition provided by intelligent personal assistants such as Alexa, Cortana and Siri to speed up their tasks.

In the transportation industry, artificial intelligence feeds upcoming auto-driven cars and helps drive traffic. In education, artificial intelligence is used to support personalized learning systems. In the healthcare sector, new diagnostic tools and decision support technologies are based on artificial intelligence. In the retail sector, artificial intelligence improves warehouse design to make the process more efficient. In the film industry, artificial intelligence is used […]

What we can do to make sure automation doesn’t negatively affect the work force

What we can do to make sure automation doesn’t negatively affect the work force

Artificial intelligence and automation are continuing to drill deeper into our society. In the business industry, companies are now utilizing the voice recognition provided by intelligent personal assistants such as Alexa, Cortana, and Siri to speed up their tasks.

In the transport industry, artificial intelligence is powering the upcoming self-driving cars and helps to manage the flow of traffic.

In the education sector, artificial intelligence is used to support personalized learning systems. In healthcare, new diagnostic tools and decision-support technologies are being powered by artificial intelligence. In the retail sector, artificial intelligence is improving the design of warehouse facilities […]

Robotics expert says A.I. automation will free workers up for ‘more interesting’ jobs

Robotics expert says A.I. automation will free workers up for ‘more interesting’ jobs

Robotic systems work on the chassis of a car during an automated stage of production at the Jaguar Land Rover factory (Leon Neal/Getty Images) Automation is constantly being heralded as the reason for job losses in various industries – but one expert believes there is a silver lining.

Rich Walker, the company director of robotics firm Shadow Robot Company , has gone on the record to say the introduction of artificial intelligence into the workplace will free up workers to take on ‘more interesting’ jobs.

Speaking to Express.co.uk , Mr Walker explained that current working practices are not as efficient as […]

The highest paid jobs will not be immune from automation | Economy

The highest paid jobs will not be immune from automation | Economy

Automation creates anxiety. Seven out of ten Americans are worried that a robot or computer will take over their job, which is why they believe adoption should be limited. But if until now it was noted that the most vulnerable and least productive jobs and the least skilled were those who were the most vulnerable, a new study predicts that artificial intelligence will have a greater effect than expected in jobs highly qualified and well-paid office workers.

No one is immune to the shocks of job automation. For example, Mark Mauro, a researcher at the Brookings Institution, speaks in a […]

The federal government’s foresight agency has identified five game-changing trends related to technology that could change the future of work.

The federal government’s foresight agency has identified five game-changing trends related to technology that could change the future of work.

The head of the federal government’s foresight agency says identifying the skills that workers will need in the future, as jobs rapidly change or disappear completely, is one of the toughest challenges policy-makers have in front of them.

Kristel Van der Elst, executive head of Policy Horizons, said artificial intelligence and automation’s impact on the nature of work is an issue confounding researchers and governments around the world.

“We have an idea, but what (skills) are actually needed is the biggest question,” said Van der Elst, who is also the CEO of the Global Foresight Group.“A lot of organizations are struggling […]

Tech world debate on robots and jobs heats up

Advances in artificial intelligence and robotics are heightening concerns about automation replacing a growing number of occupations

Are robots coming for your job?

Although technology has long affected the labor force, recent advances in and robotics are heightening concerns about automation replacing a growing number of occupations, including highly skilled or “knowledge-based” .Just a few examples: self-driving technology may eliminate the need for taxi, Uber and truck drivers, algorithms are playing a growing role in journalism, robots are informing consumers as mall greeters, and medicine is adapting robotic surgery and artificial intelligence to detect cancer and heart conditions.Of 700 occupations in […]

Trumping commerce

Free trade and globalisation had a bad 2016, but it looks like 2017 could be even worse.

For decades there has been a consensus that globalisation brought more jobs, higher wages and lower prices – not just for richer countries but also for developing and poorer nations.

But there is now a growing movement of anger as people see jobs being taken by machines, old industries disappearing and waves of migration disturbing the established order.Global trade flows are falling and trade deals are being ripped up.The new US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs of up to 45% on […]

Trump’s Budget Is Awful if You’re a Worker, Great if You’re a Robot

When the robots rise up, they won’t take your life. They’ll take your job, particularly those in fields primed for automation, like manufacturing, trucking, and customer service. Technologists, economists, and policymakers believe this future is all but inevitable, and say it’s time to begin thinking seriously about how to ensure artificial intelligence advances humanity—and improves the economy, without .

Two economists who recently left Washington say the answer lies in ensuring the government provides enough of a safety net to help middle class Americans navigate the coming transition. Jason Furman and Gene Sperling—former chief economic advisors to President Obama—prefer to […]

Controlling the effects of AI on work and inequality

Controlling the effects of AI on work and inequality

Christian Kellermann and Mareike Winkler open a Social Europe series on artificial intelligence, arguing that regulation will be needed to ensure prosperity for all. Christian Kellermann What will be the effects of the digital transformation on jobs? Job creation outnumbering digital job destruction is part and parcel of standard artificial-intelligence (AI) prophecy. But the extent to which work tasks are upgraded—rather than downgraded or even replaced—is determined by at least two dimensions: the technical side and the work aspect.

Today, in the production and service sectors ‘digitalisation’ in most cases means the use of smartphones and tablets. These devices undoubtedly […]

What Do AI and Automation Changes Mean for Your Job?

What Do AI and Automation Changes Mean for Your Job?

MIT AI and the Work of the Future Congress AI and computer technology in general is certain to have a huge impact on the future of work, and rather than replacing jobs, technology is much more likely to change them. But the big concern is not the quantity of jobs, but rather the quality of the jobs in the future, particularly for less educated workers.

That was the big message from MIT’s AI and the Work of the Future Congress held a couple of weeks ago. Most participants seemed more upbeat about the possibilities than they were a few years […]