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
2001:Aspaceodyssey
2001:Aspaceodyssey
2001: A space odyssey, Stanley Kubrick, 1968
HAL 9000
2001:Aspaceodyssey
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
Libraryofcongress
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
Athlete
Tosy, 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
Caveat

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

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