How will AI really affect human labor?
In many Op-Ed articles and on LinkedIn Walls we often see the doom and gloom of artificial intelligence (AI) taking over our jobs.
From phrases like “By 2022, half of the human workforce will be wiped out.” or “Robotics and machinery will take over.” It’s hard not to be scared.
However, are these statements actually credible? And how will automation and AI really affect human labour?
According to the World Economic Forum’s report “The Future of Jobs 2018”, which was published in September, humans will perform 58% of the task hours by 2022, while machines will perform 42%.
So will AI destroy jobs? Yes, it will! But, it’s okay because AI will actually create more jobs than it takes over.
For example, the Gartner predicts that in the future AI will be the driving force behind the creation of a staggering 2.3M jobs while only getting rid of 1.8M jobs.
Perhaps, some of those jobs created will have to do with self-driving cars.
Engineers of self-driving cars are working hard to ensure that their autonomous vehicle avoids other road users. And now, the next step is to help those interactions go smoothly by having self-driving cars signal their intentions to pedestrians, cyclists and human drivers.
Thus, Ford has announced their proposed standard for just that, with a series of flashing lights that signal “intent.”
Ford recently published a blog post that stated other road users shouldn’t be expected to change their behaviour due to self-driving cars. However, the company believes that any Level 4 autonomous vehicle, which is one that operates in certain situations without a human driver needing to take control, should be able to communicate it’s intent. Thus, Ford wants to develop a standard for all autonomous cars to use.
Another interesting technology is a partnership between Ancestry and Spotify.
The custom playlist generator produced by Spotify and Ancestry’s will select a variety of songs that reflect the cultural music of users’ heritage based on where their ancestors are from. Although curating the playlist is free, it costs approximately USD 100 for the genealogy DNA test kit.
Vineet Mehra, executive vice president and chief marketing officer at Ancestry, told Quartz that this product goes beyond just stats, data, and records. It’s about how people experience their culture and not only by reading about it. They believed music was the obvious way to explore heritage further.
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