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Individuals who take responsibility for their future can manage it. Those who do not will be managed by that same future.<\/p>\n
This awareness is crucial when considering the impact that Automation + AI will have on work in the next years, months and, for some, weeks. The age of Intelligent Automation has arrived.<\/p>\n
According to the Brookings Institute\u2019s January 2019 report on Automation and Artificial Intelligence, automation workforce trends are a mixture of real opportunities and equally real threats. The report focuses on areas of potential occupational change, rather than net employment losses or gains.\u00a0And it concludes that men, young people, less educated workers and underrepresented groups will probably have to deal with significantly more serious challenges from automation in the future. Youth and Hispanics will be especially affected.<\/p>\n
At this year\u2019s Daytona State College Advanced Technical Center\u2019s Spring Open House, Larry Rosenberg, Production Development Manager from ABB Installation Products of Ormond Beach, was asked about the company\u2019s current use and future plans regarding automation.<\/p>\n
Rosenberg replied, \u201cWe are already using robotic devices to automate some of our production and we\u2019re planning to add several more. It\u2019s a win-win situation. Employees are freed of mind-numbing repetitive tasks and we get the advantage of lower costs. Also, automated product inspection devices don\u2019t have bad days, occasionally glance away or lose their concentration and miss a defective unit.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dr. Nabeel Yousef designed DSC\u2019s Megatronics program. It focuses on integrating mechanical, electronic and computerized components and is part of the $1.2 million grant the college was awarded by Florida\u2019s Job Growth Grant Fund initiative. Illustrating what the future production workplace might look like as automation becomes more implemented, he said, \u201cBefore you know it, a production employee will be in their homes and get woken up the sound of a text message on their smartphones.\u00a0 When he or she sees an automated message informing him or her that the temperature in one of the plant\u2019s processes has exceeded a pre-set level, settings will be remotely adjusted on some of the equipment right from their phone. After confirming that the issue has been resolved, they will go right back to sleep.\u201d<\/p>\n
The dynamics of the future\u2019s workforce composition is complex and will be affected by a number of other variables. Another billion people are entering the world\u2019s consuming class. The planet\u2019s general population is getting older and requires more healthcare workers. Changes in the energy mix are inevitable.\u00a0 These are but a few of the other factors that need to be considered when looking at workforce transitions as intelligent automation increases.<\/p>\n
While robots destroy people\u2019s manufacturing jobs, the demand for labor-intensive services soars. Etsy is a good example. The online marketplace\u2019s main selling point is that its products are not mass-produced.\u00a0 Similarly, there is also a growing demand for eateries with organic ingredients from local sources that often come from smaller, less mechanized farms. Acknowledging reality and taking advantage of the opportunities it has to offer is a determining factor in organizations\u2019 and people\u2019s futures.<\/p>\n
Companies are looking to AI plus technologies such as Augmented Reality, or AR, to bring new skills and tools to help their people do new jobs and reinvent themselves and their organizations. It is a nightmare in the making for those who ignore change or believe it will not affect them.<\/p>\n
Neil Jacobstein, Chair of the Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Track at Singularity University on the NASA Research Park campus in Mountain View, Calif., said it well: \u201cIt\u2019s not artificial intelligence I\u2019m worried about, it\u2019s human stupidity.\u201d<\/p>\n
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