Health Policy
Andrew MacAfee: What will future jobs look like?
In the video, the economist Andrew MacAfee considers the future of business and work in a world in which automation and robotics are developing rapidly. He suggests that the world of work and business is about the face drastic changes, and probably within our lifetime. Because the economy will be driven by these changes, Mr. McAfee suggests that there may be severe challenges ahead for skilled workers and other professionals. Because many, or even most, jobs we know today will be automated in the near future, the main requirement is to modify education courses to stimulate entrepreneurship and creativity in students. It is important to help young people today to cope with these changes in the future.
Important Points
Current jobs will probably be taken over by androids; or at least the ones we know today.
A different type of education will be needed...
to teach future generations how to do their work in the future.
Artificial intelligence and automation have developed in such a way that, in many cases, work by skilled people and professionals can be done by machines, computers, and robots.
This will bring change in the workplace, probably within our lifetimes.
Such a challenge will need great skill in management.
The DARPA Robot Challenge will bring a new age in robotics and android use, even while humanoid robots are primitive as yet.
One must be positive that solutions to these challenges will be created.
There are clear solutions to the challenge: building entrepreneurship, build infrastructure, and change the education system.
It is important to prepare young people for the challenges created by an economy supported by automation and robotics rather than human workers.
The main challenge is not to let these…
