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Automation vs. jobs and human contact

Automation vs. jobs and human contact

Igor Faletski is CEO of Mobify, a Vancouver company working on mobile technology. In the future of retail, it is likely that bricks-and-mortar stores and online commerce will merge into a seamless and convenient entity, says Vancouver tech entrepreneur Igor Faletski.

As CEO of the Vancouver-based online-commerce platform Mobify, Faletski has had a front-row view of the trend toward using technology to create a “frictionless transaction” that maximizes convenience for consumers while minimizing the amount of time they spend waiting in line.

“The days of a retail store as a place where you have inventory, you sell it and take money […]

Automated 3D Printing: How Industrial Additive Manufacturing Is Evolving

Automated 3D Printing: How Industrial Additive Manufacturing Is Evolving

For years, science fiction has portrayed images of robots and appliances catering to every need and whim of human managers completely automatically. In some ways, 3D printers have represented the first steps toward such sci-fi visions of the future: simply punch in a design and the machine fabricates the object, as though out of thin air. For this reason, MakerBot dubbed its desktop 3D printer the “Replicator,” after the Star Trek device that could reconstitute matter into anything desired by the ship’s crew. An industrial robotic arm can swap out used pellet containers or tool heads in Stratasys’ Infinite […]

The future of employment

Carl Benedikt Frey† and Michael A. IN BRIEF A FUTURE THAT WORKS: AUTOMATION, EMPLOYMENT, AND PRODUCTIVITY Advances in robotics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning are ushering in a new age A changing world demands new approaches to leadership, talent management, and organization. 1. 0. Research insights, debate and discussion on the future of work and employment. But things can change The conversation about the future of jobs and skills is one of the most important in education. Tax Preparers. Workforce Strategy for the. What will the help wanted ads look like in two years? In five? In ten? And […]

Automation Wont Create New Jobs Like Technology Did In The Past

In the past few years, even as the United States has pulled itself partway out of the jobs hole created by the Great Recession, some economists and . Economists and entrepreneurs say the advent of robots and automation will destroy more jobs than it will create—leading to a world where computers do most of the work and humans do something else. "If you think about a new technology, it does two things: It substitutes for existing labor, but it also compliments the creation of new jobs—making the AI, and using 1 Jun 2017 We were thrilled to learn marketing […]

The Question with AI Isn’t Whether We’ll Lose Our Jobs — It’s How Much We’ll Get Paid

The Question with AI Isn’t Whether We’ll Lose Our Jobs — It’s How Much We’ll Get Paid

anucha sirivisansuwan/Getty Images The basic fact is that technology eliminates jobs, not work. It is the continuous obligation of economic policy to match increases in productive potential with increases in purchasing power and demand. Otherwise the potential created by technical progress runs to waste in idle capacity, unemployment, and deprivation. — National Commission on Technology, Automation and Economic Progress, Technology and the American Economy, Volume 1, February 1966, pg. 9.

The fear that machines will replace human labor is a durable one in the public mind, from the time of the Luddites in the early 19th century. Yet most economists […]

How many South Africans could lose their jobs to robots in the next 7 years – and which skills are safer

How many South Africans could lose their jobs to robots in the next 7 years – and which skills are safer

A new report published by the World Economic Forum casts a grim light on the future of jobs across the world, with 1.4 million US jobs alone expected to disrupted by technology and other factors between now and 2026.

The report is an analysis of nearly 1,000 job types across the US economy, encompassing 96% of employment in the country. Its aim is to assess the scale of the re-skilling task required to protect workforces from an expected wave of automation brought on by the “Fourth Industrial Revolution”.

Drawing on this data for the US economy, the report found that 57% […]

Automation & Jobs: The Swedish Perspective

Automation & Jobs: The Swedish Perspective

Industry Insights

Swedish firms are embracing automation while keeping job losses to a minimum and supporting innovation.

Around the world, people are eyeing automation technology with the suspicion that it will displace human employees and cause mass unemployment. This is not the case in Sweden and other Scandinavian countries, however, due largely to their generous social welfare systems. A survey by the European Commission found that 80% of Swedes see robots and artificial intelligence in a positive light. If such technologies make their companies more efficient, employees see a direct benefit, as their wages can be expected to rise along […]

Automation threatens 800 million jobs, but technology could still save us, says report

Automation threatens 800 million jobs, but technology could still save us, says report

A new report predicts that by 2030, as many as 800 million jobs could be lost worldwide to automation. The study , compiled by the McKinsey Global Institute, says that advances in AI and robotics will have a drastic effect on everyday working lives, comparable to the shift away from agricultural societies during the Industrial Revolution. In the US alone, between 39 and 73 million jobs stand to be automated — making up around a third of the total workforce.

But, the report also states that as in the past, technology will not be a purely destructive force. New jobs […]

Automation threatens 800 million jobs, but technology could still save us, says report

Automation threatens 800 million jobs, but technology could still save us, says report

A new report predicts that by 2030, as many as 800 million jobs could be lost worldwide to automation. The study , compiled by the McKinsey Global Institute, says that advances in AI and robotics will have a drastic effect on everyday working lives, comparable to the shift away from agricultural societies during the Industrial Revolution. In the US alone, between 39 and 73 million jobs stand to be automated — making up around a third of the total workforce.

But, the report also states that as in the past, technology will not be a purely destructive force. New jobs […]

IN BRIEF

JOBS LOST, JOBS GAINED: WORKFORCE TRANSITIONS IN A TIME OF AUTOMATION In our latest research on automation, we examine work that can be automated through 2030 and jobs that may be created in the same period. We draw from lessons from history and develop various scenarios for the future. While it is hard to predict how all this will play out, our research provides some insights into the likely workforce transitions that should be expected and their implications. Our key findings:

ƒ Automation technologies including artificial intelligence and robotics will generate significant benefits for users, businesses, and economies, lifting productivity […]