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Letter for Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Education, training key to future employment

I recently read “Amazon holiday hiring may foreshadow future.” The article talks about automation in the workplace and how companies are hiring less workers and this is simply not true. According to Trade Economics employment statistics, The United States employment rate has grown from 59 percent in 2014 to about 60.5 percent in 2018. Although the percentage seems small, 4,885,500 more Americans have jobs now compared to 2014. The fact is that overall employment is going up, however unskilled labor rates are declining. Today’s workforce demands an education and skills because unskilled tasks […]

Are AI and Automation adding to the “gender gap?”

Are AI and Automation adding to the “gender gap?”

Every time I see a story alleging massive gender gaps in pay and employment opportunities I tend to roll my eyes a bit. There’s far too much contradictory information out there and many of these studies fail to take into account factors such as the fields of study young men and women pursue in college, the average pay in various sectors, hours worked and other criteria. But Time Magazine has added a wrinkle to this debate which is at least worth a look. Is the rapid advancement of automation, robotics and artificial intelligence contributing to an actual gender gap? […]

The future of work in sub-Saharan Africa

The future of work in sub-Saharan Africa

African youth in agriculture Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 December 2018:

A recent IMF strategy paper says that “Far-reaching changes in technology, climate, and global economic integration are transforming the world of work in ways that we do not yet fully understand.”

The authors of the paper ask: Will the swift technological advances of the Fourth Industrial Revolution raise the standards of living for everyone? Or will robots massively displace workers leading to a jobless future where only a few benefit from the fruits of innovation?Will mitigation efforts be able to cushion the adverse effects of climate change, including food shortages and […]

Gazette editorial: Miners replaced by machines

Gazette editorial: Miners replaced by machines

A continuous mining machine breaks through a wall of coal at the Horizon Coal Mine outside Helper, Utah, in 2009. ThE Charleston Gazette’s late publisher, W.E. “Ned” Chilton III, once predicted a future day when the Mountain State would have no underground miners — because robotic digging machines, controlled by operators at video screens on the surface, would do the dirty, dangerous work below.

His forecast seems to be coming true. Around the world, in all types of mining, automated machines are replacing human diggers. Forbes magazine calls them “the robots that will mine in hell.”

The magazine described a 7,000-foot-deep […]

Robots and Humans: Better Together

Robots and Humans: Better Together

By Daniel Theobald, CIO and co-founder of Vecna Technologies

This paper discusses the opportunities discovered through technological innovation, and how robots and humans working together create critical economic benefits. This is the conclusion of a four-part series focused on robotic integration in the material handling value stream.

A recent study by Baylor University found more than a third of people are afraid they will lose their job to a robot. While this fear is understandable, evidence indicates robotic integration will increase roles, worker safety, productivity, and satisfaction. Humans are, and will always be, a crucial part of […]

Employment scenario in Jammu and Kashmir

Employment scenario in Jammu and Kashmir

Sunil Seth
The United Nation Development Programme has warned that India need to generate 28 Crore jobs before 2050 to absorb all the new entrants into the work force. Probably, it’s flagship programme “Make in India”, may lead to creation of jobs but the State of Jammu and Kashmir has a different scenario as far as jobs are concerned. The “RAGA” of development is being sung everywhere within India as well as abroad for the credential ratings. The fact that the “Development” will lead to “Unemployment” leads us in a “Catch 22” situation. Technological Advances leading to “Automation” will […]

Richard Branson: Future of Work Is “Three and Even Four Day Weekends”

Richard Branson: Future of Work Is “Three and Even Four Day Weekends”

Work Hard, Play Hard

British billionaire Richard Branson — the Virgin CEO who drove a tank through New York City and crossed the English Channel in an amphibious vehicle — thinks we’re all working a bit too hard.

If we all worked “smarter, we won’t have to work longer,” he tweeted Wednesday . In an accompanying blog post , he argued that innovations like self-driving cars and drones will cause more jobs to be taken over by robots.“Could people eventually take three and even four day weekends?” he wrote. “Certainly.” Billionaire Club Branson isn’t the only one who believes the […]

Richard Branson: Future of Work Is “Three and Even Four Day Weekends”

Richard Branson: Future of Work Is “Three and Even Four Day Weekends”

Work Hard, Play Hard

British billionaire Richard Branson — the Virgin CEO who drove a tank through New York City and crossed the English Channel in an amphibious vehicle — thinks we’re all working a bit too hard.

If we all worked “smarter, we won’t have to work longer,” he tweeted Wednesday . In an accompanying blog post , he argued that innovations like self-driving cars and drones will cause more jobs to be taken over by robots.“Could people eventually take three and even four day weekends?” he wrote. “Certainly.” Billionaire Club Branson isn’t the only one who believes the […]

With AI integration, Skilled Jobs will soon be in Demand

With AI integration, Skilled Jobs will soon be in Demand

Global Artificial Intelligence market is poised to grow at a CAGR of above 35 pc during the forecast period 2015 to 2022. Mr. Jayant Joshi, Managing Director, RS India – A Swiss Precision and Assembly Unit. A study report from World Economic Forum says that Robots will handle as much as 52 pc of the work tasks by 2025. Notable is that Robot revolution is popularizing at a fast pace all over the world and India is no exception to it. A US-based HfS Research predicted that India’s IT services industry will lose 6.4 lakh “low- skilled” jobs to […]

Collaborative robots: the affordable automation solution for Indian MSMEs

Collaborative robots: the affordable automation solution for Indian MSMEs

Image credit: blueprint.cbre.com An IFR report states that a new record high of 381,000 collaborative robot (cobot) units were shipped globally in 2017, which is a 114 percent growth in the period 2013–2017. In sync with this global trend of the rapidly rising use of robotic process automation (RPA), even the small and medium scale enterprises (MSME) sector in India is witnessing a steadily increasing penetration of robotics.

The layperson thinks of a robot as a mechanical humanoid creature which may or may not be intelligent, but from the perspective of process automation, robotics comprise mechanical non-intelligent arms and bots […]