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The invention of 3D printing, in which every home or office will be equipped with an in-house printer that can spew out the goods we want – from shoes to pills – anticipates a world of what Summers calls automated "doers". They will do everything for us, eliminating the need for much work.

we have come to the end of the great "general purpose technologies" (technologies that transform an entire economy, such as the steam engine, electricity, the car and so on) that changed the world. There are no new transformative technologies to carry us forward, while the old activities are being robotised and automated.

The second is in human wellbeing. There will be vast growth in advising, coaching, caring, mentoring, doctoring, nursing, teaching and generally enhancing capabilities.

Notwithstanding robotisation and automation, I identify four broad areas in which there will be vast job opportunities.The first is in micro-production

The third is in addressing the globe's "wicked issues" . There will be new forms of nutrition and carbon-efficient energy, along with economising with water, to meet the demands of a world population of 9 billion in 2050.

And fourthly, digital and big data management will foster whole new industries

the truth is, nobody knows. What we do know is that two-thirds of what we consume today was not invented 25 years ago. It will be the same again in a generation's time

Up to 98 percent of Spread’s water will be recycled, and the factory won’t have to spray pesticides

Artificial lighting means the food supply won’t rely on weather variables, and the lighting can be supplied through renewable energy.

The job cuts Citi is describing would add up to more than 1.8 million job losses from current levels in the banking sector in the US and Europe over the next 10 years.

As more transactions are automated and done on a mobile phone, we believe there will be a rebalancing of staff from transaction-based roles to advisory-based roles

We actually were, I think, one of the first customers who actually requested this API

Imperson provides technology that knows how to automate this conversation in a realistic way, so the user believes he is speaking with a character or even the actor doing the character

I think there are a few different reasons why today it's more relevant and more attractive. We are taking familiar figures like celebrities; it's not just a chat bot that you speak with for the sake of your artificial intelligence curiosity. This is an entertainment experience. People chatting with Miss Piggy enjoy the experience as if they were chatting with the real Miss Piggy. In order to create the interaction, we were working with Disney people and Disney writers who actually write for Miss Piggy and make sure it's a completely authentic conversation.

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emotion-sensing technology could build on the already booming field of adaptive learning software that assesses students’ mastery and delivers content appropriate to their skill level.

The availability of very early indicators of performance puts a whole new spin on the Matthew effect: teachers can use these indicators to address trouble spots before the student or employee ever has a chance to fall seriously behind.

the evaluation specialist West pointed out that his formula only spots “signs of students who drop out—it doesn’t mean they are dropouts.” But the research is clear that we also shouldn’t wait to help them avoid that fate.

robots in the workplace will likely help reverse this trend.

The vast majority of automation technology will not outright replace humans; instead, it will simply make their work more efficient.

As the global supply chain matured, market pressures drove American companies to offshore their work to other countries that offered inexpensive labor

This is not to say that all white-collar workers should enroll in engineering night classes, but knowing how technology works at a base level will make you better at your job 

Employers need to actively promote training programs that empower employees to work more effectively with new tech.