AI & the future of workw o r k & l i f e i n t h e a g e o f r o b o t s

Volker Hirsch @vhirsch

Association for business psychology London, 14 Oct 2016

2001: A s

pace

odyss

ey

2001: A s

pace

odyss

ey

2001: A s

pace

odyss

ey

2001: A space odyssey, Stanley Kubrick, 1968

HAL 9000

2001: A s

pace

odyss

ey

2001: A space odyssey, Stanley Kubrick, 1968

That’s right, 19 bloody 68!!!

HAL 9000

Knowledge workers!

http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/577947268901721458/B9CAD85EEFB9DC90256CB237BFEF7CC5E75A0B60/

Hello,

Sir Francis Bacon, 1561-1626

Knowledge is power

18

exabyte

10

Libr

ary

of

congre

ss

Library of congress = largest in the world

all text content x 100,000 = 1 exabyte

Internet penetration. Source: Wikipedia

internet traffic 2016: 1,100 exabytes

knowledge In your pocket

Sir Francis Bacon, 1561-1626

Is Knowledge still power?

You read all that? Naaaahh…

http://gapingvoid.com

Sarah Connor, Terminator

What now? Dystopia?

Meet your future workforce

Factory Worker

TESla factory, Fremont, California

http://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/article_large/public/thumbnails/image/2016/05/25/16/foxconn.jpg

http://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/article_large/public/thumbnails/image/2016/05/25/16/foxconn.jpg

$5/day > technology

Amazon automated warehouse

warehouse logistics

shipping logistics

kalmar automated vehicles, Port of Los Angeles, California

Cleaner

Domestic help...

www.robotshop.com

Policeman

Boston Dynamics Wildcat

security guard

knightscope K5

Sniper

General Atomics, MQ-9 Reaper

Hadrian X

Builder

Pizza Delivery Guy

Flirtey Drone

Driver

Driver

Tesla Model S

Long-haul trucking

Kirobo Mini, Toyota

ride companion

$400

Kirobo, University of Tokyo, Toyota + JAXA

spaceship companion

Musician

Release date: February 2009 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Howell

also on

AthleteTosy, Topio 3

Baxter

IBM Watson

Amazon Echo: your butler

order an uber to leave in half an hour

get me a Margharita from domino’s

what’s the weather on monday in hull?

what is 1227 ./. the diameter of the moon?

Is Jeff bezos a nice guy?

who is arsenal playing this week?

should i watch bourne?

play my favourite miles tune

Note: Alexa didn’t know the answer to about 2/3 of these questions… yet…

RIP. It was good while it lasted...

AI is fast becoming a commodity

Automation will take the jobs it can take

http://www.cgpgrey.com/

Massive Impact on the Workplace & Employment

Forbes, Feb. 2015

memory augmentation therapist plant educator nano-weapon specialist diffractive optics modeler

New Jobs for you:

memory augmentation therapist plant educator nano-weapon specialist diffractive optics modeler

New Jobs for you:

This was last year…

Ray Kurzweil

MIT Whirlwind

Google Compute Engine

Gordon Moore

Moore’s Law

Moore’s Law in perspective

But it dies…

Quantum Computing

D Wave 2

Ray Kurzweil

Kurzweil TL;DR

Faster Computing -> faster innovation -> faster solutions to hard problems -> all diseases, hunger, energy, etc solved -> immortality -> bodies become obsolete, people will only be minds -> one interconnected mind across mankind

Kurzweil TL;DR

https://a.fastcompany.net/multisite_files/fastcompany/imagecache/1280/poster/2014/03/3028037-poster-p-1-how-paying-attention-can-change-your-career.jpg

change

Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.

Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860

http://blog.vanillaforums.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/change-cartoon.jpg

https://13c4.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/50-reason-notto2.jpg

http://www.torbenrick.eu/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Reactions-to-change.png

http://www.torbenrick.eu/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Reactions-to-change.png

Where is the path?

What is specifically HUMAN?

Passion

empathy

empathy?

Cirque de Soleil

Creativity

Critical Thought

Plato + Aristotle

Caveatemptor

DeductiveInference

Thank You!

@vhirsch

me@vhirsch.com

+44 7843 599 678