A few years ago, a couple of economists made a big splash by predicting almost half of occupations in the country had a big chance of being replaced by automation and technology in coming decades. How out-of-touch those forecasts now look today. Companies are hungry for workers. Many are hiring unqualified people and then training them. Unemployment rates are reaching historic lows among many groups and in many regions.
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Fears of a dystopian future in which humans go jobless as robots and artificial intelligence take over have triggered novels, research, books and more that warn of a “jobless future.” But is that really the case?
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If you’re looking for a book in North Carolina State University’s Hunt Library, you don’t need a librarian.
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Automation and artificial intelligence have already impacted the American economy. But as the pace of technological change picks up, economists and futurists say the jury’s still out on whether the future of employment holds promise or peril for American workers.
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There are those who worry that automation in the workplace will push humans out of their jobs. And then there are the Wake Tech students working to find ways to teach people to work with robots, instead of against them.
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China will succeed in building a powerful technology industry that will rival the United States, even if President Donald Trump starts a trade war to stop it. Here’s why.
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“There is work for everyone today and there will be work for everyone tomorrow, even in a future with automation. Yet that work will be different, requiring new skills, and a far greater adaptability of the workforce than we have seen,” explains a new report.
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Today’s job market is changing in rapid and unpredictable ways. This is due to the tremendous advances in technology, which experts say will continue to shape the kinds of jobs available to workers for decades to come. Dr. Mike Walden takes a look at what’s happening – and the consequences.
Read MoreVivek Wadhwa is taking his globe-trotting research into technology’s impact on our present and future with a new appointment at Harvard Law School.
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