Is a Robot Really Going to Take my Job?
Our chair, Di, is speaking at Women of The Square Mile on May 15, 2019, with the session: It appears that automation is increasingly in the headlines for replacing jobs. The World Economic Forum says more than 7 million jobs are at risk from advances in technology in the world’s largest economies over the next […]
How the world will change as computers spread into everyday objects
By: The Economist September 12, 2019 O N AUGUST 29TH, as Hurricane Dorian tracked towards America’s east coast, Elon Musk, the boss of Tesla, an electric-car maker, announced that some of his customers in the storm’s path would find that their cars had suddenly developed the ability to drive farther on a single battery charge. […]
Shop closures and self-checkouts cost tens of thousands of women’s jobs
By: Robert Booth September 12, 2019 A surge in shop closures and the growth of automated retail are forcing tens of thousands of women out of work, according to a study of the economic pain caused by high street decline. With twice as much UK shopping now online than in 2011 and amid a wave […]
Artificial intelligence is changing every aspect of war
By: The Economist September 7, 2019 A S THE NAVY plane swooped low over the jungle, it dropped a bundle of devices into the canopy below. Some were microphones, listening for guerrilla footsteps or truck ignitions. Others were seismic detectors, attuned to minute vibrations in the ground. Strangest of all were the olfactory sensors, sniffing […]
More Robots Mean 120 Million Workers Need to be Retrained
By: Shelly Hagan September 6, 2019 More than 120 million workers globally will need retraining in the next three years due to artificial intelligence’s impact on jobs, according to an IBM survey. That’s a top concern for many employers who say talent shortage is one of the greatest threats to their organizations today. And the […]
Oxford Report: Technology At Work V2.0
By: Citi GPS January 26, 2016 It is a pleasure to introduce Technology at Work v2.0: The Future Is Not What It Used To Be. This report is the third in a long-term series of Citi GPS reports coproduced by Citi and the Oxford Martin School at the University of Oxford in order to explore […]
Millions of jobs have disappeared
By: LinkedIn February 26, 2018 With rising automation and lowering tariffs on trade, the US manufacturing sector has seen sharp declines for decades. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, after employing as much as 38% of the US workforce in the 1950s, just 9% of Americans are employed through manufacturing today — with more […]
A Future That Works
By: McKinsey Global Institute January 2017 Advances in robotics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning are ushering in a new age of automation, as machines match or outperform human performance in a range of work activities, including ones requiring cognitive capabilities. In this report, part of our ongoing research into the future of work, we analyze […]
Information Technology and the U.S. Workforce: Where Are We and Where Do We Go from Here?
By: National Academies Press 2017 Recent years have yielded significant advances in computing and communication technologies, with profound impacts on society. Technology is transforming the way we work, play, and interact with others. From these technological capabilities, new industries, organizational forms, and business models are emerging. Technological advances can create enormous economic and other benefits, […]