Short version of the original talk - focuses on the IT industry. A few updates added as well.

1. Will Robots Take Our Jobs?
Socioeconomic Impacts of Intelligent Machines

2. Presented by
Stani Meredith
BITCA Faculty, Seattle Central College
@StaniMeredith
Special Thanks to Ed Messerly, BITCA Faculty, Seattle Central College
and Cliff Foster, Software Engineer, Tethers Unlimited

3. The Fourth Industrial Revolution
● Fusion of the physical, digital, and biological.
● Exponential rather than linear growth.
● Disruptive in most industries worldwide.

5. The Future of Jobs
● 7.1 million jobs lost through redundancy, automation, or
disintermediation.
● Creation of 2.1 million new highly specialized jobs.
● Skills and jobs displacement will affect every industry and
geographical region.
● Net loss of over 5 million jobs by 2020 due to Technological
Advances.
source: world economic forum executive summary 2016

6. source: world economic forum executive summary 2016

7. source: world economic forum executive summary 2016

8. Information Technology
Demand for software developers is at an all-time high, however….
● Narrow AI are needed to process the unprecedented amount of
data.
● Code writing code (e.g DARPA/Rice University PLINY tool).
● Automated Systems (e.g. Sysadmins).

9. ● Websites creation standardized processes can be easily automated.
● Drag and drop “coding.”
● Mobile industries can expect growth, however 40% of the skills
required are not yet part of the core skill set of mobile today.

11. Skills for the Jobs of Tomorrow
Two broad categories:
● Math Skills.
● Soft Skills.
source: David Deming, Harvard University,

13. Technical Skills
● Technical Project Management.
● AI Programming.
● Data Science.
● Mobile Development.
● Cloud Development.
● Customizations, Maintaining Legacy Code.
● Technical Training.
● New Tech.

14. Education and Work arrangements
● Rethinking education systems.
● Incentivizing lifelong learning.
● Include (give voice) to diverse demographics in the building of AIs.
● Flexible working arrangements and online talent platforms.
● Sharing economy jobs - no benefits, no work rules.

15. Political Action
● Global Technology Tax.
● Universal Basic Income.
● Regulation - easy to get around.

16. ● Is it ethical to discriminate against robots?
● Yes, so long as the machine is a machine
and not a sentient being.
Robot Rights - speculative

17. Techno-Feudalism or Techno-Optimism?