I robot – You unemployed
According to recent studies, there are currently around 11 million jobs performed by humans that will be replaced by automation in the next 20 years. When I say automation I mean machines, commonly known as ROBOTS.
The highest-risk jobs are in the transport and retail sectors. In fact, the transport sector could have 1.5 million jobs, that is, 74% of the current workforce, replaced by automation, and 60% of retail. Not surprising when you see how popular online shopping has become – who needs a high street store?
Nearly 750,000 have been lost in manufacturing due to automation in the last 15 years alone.
Even Stephen Hawking, the renowned scientist, fears that AI or Artificial Intelligence could eventually spell the end of the human race.
He said that while primitive forms of artificial intelligence had already proven very useful, the future consequences were very serious.
“Once humans develop artificial intelligence, it will take off on its own and redesign itself at an ever-increasing rate.”
“Humans, who are limited by slow biological evolution, would not be able to compete and would be outclassed,” he said.
It’s ironic that it uses Intel’s newly developed AI to communicate at a faster rate now than before.
The system, developed by Intel over three years, reduces the number of movements required to spell words, while giving Professor Hawking new features, such as sending email attachments.
“Hawking write speed is twice as fast and there is a tenfold improvement in common tasks,” Intel said in a statement.
Of course, this is fantastic news for those with motor neurone disease or similar conditions, of which there are millions around the world, and it shows AI in a very positive light.
Some people find it scary: what are all the people whose jobs are being replaced supposed to do? Others just see it as a natural progression of human ingenuity, another kind of industrial revolution. Everyone will have to adapt. After all, we now have unmanned aircraft (drones) flying through our skies, but they are still controlled by humans, albeit remotely.
However, it is not all pessimism, there are areas where jobs are being created in the health and social work sectors, 1 million since 2000.
Apparently, the education, communication and information sectors have the most secure jobs and least likely to be automated, which is not surprising since people will always want to talk to other people, so if you just entered to the job market or even in your thirties. looking to secure some sort of future, then these areas would seem like the logical choice.
Then there’s sport, a veritable bastion of human activity and, if you’re good enough, highly lucrative. Nobody is going to want to see a man/woman against a machine, apart from chess, which, let’s face it, is not a sport.
We may want to see machine vs. machine, which is already popular with shows like Robot Wars, but what we really want to see is man/woman vs. man/woman because of the all-too-human desire to be the best and win.
Humans are an interactive species; After all, who among us would rather hear a human voice at the end of a phone than the endless automated menus we are so often subjected to? (The problem is that once you get past the automated menu and finally talk to a human, you’ll be prompted to repeat all the security information you already provided to get this far in the first place, but that’s a different topic for another! day!).
No one knows exactly how it will turn out, but one thing is for sure: it will be an interesting ride, probably in an automated self-driving car.