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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:Aspaceodyssey

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2001:Aspaceodyssey

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2001:Aspaceodyssey
2001: A space odyssey, Stanley Kubrick, 1968
HAL 9000

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2001:Aspaceodyssey
2001: A space odyssey, Stanley Kubrick, 1968
That’s right,
19 bloody 68!!!
HAL 9000

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Knowledge
workers!
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/577947268901721458/B9CAD85EEFB9DC90256CB237BFEF7CC5E75A0B60/
Hello,

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Sir Francis Bacon, 1561-1626
Knowledge
is power

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18
exabyte
10

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Libraryofcongress

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Library of congress = largest in the world
all text content x 100,000 = 1 exabyte

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Internet penetration. Source: Wikipedia
internet traffic 2016: 1,100 exabytes

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knowledge In your pocket

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Sir Francis Bacon, 1561-1626
Is Knowledge
still power?

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You read all that?
Naaaahh…

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http://gapingvoid.com

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Sarah Connor, Terminator
What now?
Dystopia?

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Meet your future workforce

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Factory Worker
TESla factory, Fremont, California

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

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http://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/article_large/public/thumbnails/image/2016/05/25/16/foxconn.jpg
$5/day > technology

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Amazon automated warehouse
warehouse logistics

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shipping logistics
kalmar automated vehicles, Port of Los Angeles, California

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Cleaner

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Domestic help...
www.robotshop.com

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Policeman
Boston Dynamics Wildcat

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security guard
knightscope K5

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Sniper
General Atomics, MQ-9 Reaper

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Hadrian X
Builder

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Pizza Delivery Guy
Flirtey Drone

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Driver

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Driver
Tesla Model S

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Long-haul trucking

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Kirobo Mini, Toyota
ride companion
$400

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Kirobo, University of Tokyo, Toyota + JAXA
spaceship companion

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

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Athlete
Tosy, Topio 3

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Baxter

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IBM Watson

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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…

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RIP. It was good while it lasted...

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AI is fast becoming a commodity

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Automation will take the jobs it can take
http://www.cgpgrey.com/

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Massive Impact on the Workplace & Employment
Forbes, Feb. 2015

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memory augmentation therapist
plant educator
nano-weapon specialist
diffractive optics modeler
New Jobs for you:

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memory augmentation therapist
plant educator
nano-weapon specialist
diffractive optics modeler
New Jobs for you:
This was
last year…

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Ray Kurzweil

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MIT Whirlwind

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Google Compute Engine

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Gordon Moore

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Moore’s Law

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Moore’s Law in perspective
But it dies…

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Quantum
Computing D Wave 2

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Ray Kurzweil
Kurzweil TL;DR

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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

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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

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Change alone is
eternal,
perpetual,
immortal.
Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860

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

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

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

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

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Where is the path?

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What is specifically HUMAN?

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Passion

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empathy

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empathy?

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Cirque de Soleil
Creativity

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Critical Thought

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Plato + Aristotle
Caveat
emptor

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Deductive
Inference

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Thank You!
@vhirsch
me@vhirsch.com
+44 7843 599 678