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Maria Gurova

Driverless cars, pilotless planes … will there be jobs left for a human being... - 3 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...rs-pilotless-planes-jobs-human

robotics Technology Social KE CIS employment expertise jobs big data wicked issues wellbeing

shared by Maria Gurova on 13 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • From staff-free ticket offices to students who can learn online, it seems there is no corner of economic life in which people are not being replaced by machines.
  • One of the reasons Google is investing so much is that whoever owns the communications system for driverless cars will own the 21st century's equivalent of the telephone network or money clearing system: this will be a licence to print money.
  • The only new jobs will be in the design and marketing of the cars, and in writing the computer software that will allow them to navigate their journeys, along with the apps for our mobile phones that will help us to use them better
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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.
  • Notwithstanding robotisation and automation, I identify four broad areas in which there will be vast job opportunities.The first is in micro-production
  • The second is in human wellbeing. There will be vast growth in advising, coaching, caring, mentoring, doctoring, nursing, teaching and generally enhancing capabilities.
  • 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
  • Maria Gurova on 13 Jun 13
     
    demand for the new expertise may impact not only the school and academic education, but earlier development stages
al_semenchenko

The driverless truck is coming, and it's going to automate millions of jobs | TechCrunch - 0 views

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Technology economy jobs automated cars Transportation efficency productivity self-driving transportation driverless cars

shared by al_semenchenko on 26 Apr 16 - No Cached
  • A convoy of self-driving trucks recently drove across Europe and arrived at the Port of Rotterdam.
  • the technology would effectively double the output of the U.S. transportation network at 25 percent of the cost.
  • While the efficiency gains are real — too real to pass up — the technology will have tremendous adverse effects as well. There are currently more than 1.6 million Americans working as truck drivers, making it the most common job in 29 states.
anna_nelidova

The World's First Fully Robotic Farm Opens In 2017 | Popular Science - 0 views

www.popsci.com/lly-robotic-farm-opens-in-2017

Technology Robots Economic future farmers Human Machine Interaction automated growing future of food Environment sustainability Energy Efficiency Humanisation of Robots Future of Talent Free Time Leisure

shared by anna_nelidova on 09 Nov 15 - No Cached
  • A company in Japan is building an indoor lettuce farm that will be completely tended by robots and computers.
  • The company, named Spread, expects the factory to open in 2017, and the fully automated farming process could make the lettuce cheaper and better for the environment.
  • The plants can be grown hydroponically without exhausting soil resources.
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  • 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.
  • anna_nelidova on 09 Nov 15
     
    A Japanese company plans to open a fully automated farm by 2017 that will be very efficient and not harmful for the environment. They are hoping to increase production and to reduce labor costs and company's prices. 
alexbelov

Bank layoffs are coming due to Uberisation of the industry - Business Insider - 2 views

uk.businessinsider.com/bank-layoffs-are-coming-2016-3

Social economy banking automation bank layoffs

shared by alexbelov on 01 Apr 16 - No Cached
  • Banks are quickly approaching their "automation tipping point," and they could soon reduce headcount by as much as 30%.
  • "Banks' Uber moment will mean a disintermediation of bank branches rather than the banks themselves
  • it will mean the shift to mobile distribution being the main channel of interaction between customers and the bank
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  • 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
  • alexbelov on 01 Apr 16
     
    Clients do transactions using their mobile phones now which allows banks to massively reduce their staff.
alexbelov

Future of messaging apps - 3 views

www.usatoday.com/...77847504

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shared by alexbelov on 11 Mar 16 - No Cached
  • users of the messaging app WeChat can order food, call a taxi, check their bank balance and even shop flash sales of limited-edition goods. And for the user, the experience is just like texting a friend.
  • alexbelov on 11 Mar 16
     
    Messengers are becoming a platform for B2C communication offering a new retail experience and allowing to order goods, get special offers or discounts, check or top up balance, book tickets, or schedule activities. Businesses start using AI and language processing technologies to automate communication with their customers.
alexbelov

What Brands Should Know About Facebook Messenger Chat Bots | Digital - AdAge - 1 views

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automation facebook messenger chat bots Technology entertainment

shared by alexbelov on 01 Apr 16 - No Cached
  • Brands like Disney have worked with tech firms like Disney-backed Imperson to create chat bots on Facebook's Messenger service so people can have conversations with computerized versions of characters like ABC's "The Muppets" star Miss Piggy without needing to staff an actual human on the other side of the conversation.
  • it creates a new kind of engagement, which is around messaging person-to-person like most messaging platforms but also person-to-business or person-to-brand or person-to-publisher
  • It expands the platform beyond just personal communication
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  • 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.
  • alexbelov on 01 Apr 16
     
    Disney beta-tests Facebook's chatbot platform: chat with real Miss Piggy.
Maria Gurova

Frustrated? Confused? Learning software could watch your face for signals and match con... - 0 views

gigaom.com/...match-content-to-your-emotions

technology KE Social learning emotion recognition science AI software

shared by Maria Gurova on 16 Jul 13 - No Cached
  • they were able to show that automated facial expression recognition could be nearly as accurate as human recognition in analyzing a wider range of student movements and gestures.
  • emotionally-aware software isn’t without ethical and privacy questions, but it opens the door to technology that’s even more engaging and that fits more seamlessly into our lives.
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  • types of technologies could be used to generate more personalized digital experiences
  • 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.
  • Maria Gurova on 16 Jul 13
     
    New face expression technology that is used for learning within computing classes, but can also be used in media and entertainment 
Maria Gurova

Your First-Grader is Going to Be A High School Drop Out | TIME.com - 0 views

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shared by Maria Gurova on 06 Aug 13 - No Cached
  • The predictive factors themselves—behavior problems, frequent absences from school, reading skills that are below grade level—are not so surprising.
  • There is a danger, of course, that people who struggle early on will be written off too soon, before they’ve had a chance to prove themselves.
  • Thanks to widespread automation and digitization, we now have access to more information, gathered at ever-earlier stages, about individuals’ performance at school
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  • 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.
evgeny lavrov

New Gadget From Amazon Makes Grocery Shopping Dangerously Easy | Gadget Lab | WIRED - 2 views

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shared by evgeny lavrov on 08 Apr 14 - No Cached
  • evgeny lavrov on 08 Apr 14
     
    "GADGET LAB amazon amazon dash amazon fresh FOLLOW WIRED Twitter Facebook RSS New Gadget From Amazon Makes Grocery Shopping Dangerously Easy"
Anna Dubinina

How robots will reshape the economy (based on U.S. example) - 0 views

techcrunch.com/...ts-will-reshape-the-us-economy

CIS science technology Social economy robots

shared by Anna Dubinina on 21 Mar 16 - No Cached
  • Few doubt that our future — both immediate and long term — will be heavily impacted by robots
  • A pair of Oxford researchers recently estimated that 47 percent of the total U.S. employment is at risk of being eliminated.
  • On the other end of the spectrum, Mercedes announced it is trading out some of its production robots for human labor — the machines could not keep up with the increasing options for customization
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  • 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.
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