Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Key Takeaways

artificial intelligence will eliminate millions of jobs it's inevitable and while many of us are willing to accept that there are jobs that will be replaced by AI in our lifetime we still believe in the lasting power of our own work this is a mistake it's not just Trucking assembly lines and blue collar jobs in fact AI will be replacing and drastically altering many jobs that few would consider routine Chris orlog from gong.io shared a glimpse into the future of sales coaching the AI powered analysis of over 25,000 sales calls even if a sales coach listened to 45-minute sales calls for 8 hours a day it would take them 9 years to analyze this data it is impossible for any sales coach or manager to deliver this kind of insight marketing jobs are hardly any safer kinast is using Watson's incredible processing power to locate influencers for brand Brands Based on data that would take a human years to analyze graphic designers aren't being put out of work quite yet but AI are actively working on the ability to understand and categorize images last year the next rembrand project used AI to analyzed the 17th century Master's work and 3D printed a new portrait intuitive and independent image creation isn't far off at the moment we're happy to Outsource our scheduling to a virtual assistant but AI is on the verge of putting us all out of work is this really a bad thing when someone says people need jobs they are really saying people need a way to earn a livelihood up until now the two were inseparable if people were not working value is not being created in the economy but we're entering a time when this equation holds less and less truth the future of AI job creation is one where we could all share in the value created by the machine laborers maybe that means fewer jobs and the rise of job sharing maybe that means shorter work weeks or basic incomes maybe it means no one ever having to do a job that they hate yet this is a very uncomfortable thought exercise for many of us imagining a world of no jobs or less work feels somehow wrong but this can't be an excuse for ignoring the possible future the question is this will we be active participants in thinking about and creating this new world or will we hold on to a fading notion that somehow magically our way of life will be safe care about this conversation it is the future and it's being created right now