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As the roles of artificial intelligence and automation continue to expand within the American workforce, the House Future of Work Caucus has set out to create a national plan to address potential concerns before it’s too late. According to many experts, it’s no longer a question of whether automation will disrupt the workforce, it’s only…

Asian Robotics ReviewBy Tom Green The automation challenge & reskilling AmericaHarry Hopkins during the Great Depression, Vannevar Bush during and after World War II, J.C.R. Licklider in ARPA’s push for the Internet, Gen. Lucius Clay building the Interstate Highway System, and Werner von Braun’s visionary pioneering for NASA’s response to Sputnik. George Marshall and his…

World at WorkJanuary 10, 2020By Brett Christie A good portion of the dialogue from the previous decade centered around forthcoming automation and what overall effect the robots would have on the workforce. The conversation has mostly shifted from a fear of humans being replaced to an understanding that jobs will transition, and new roles will…

It’s impossible to scan your inbox each morning without seeing a report, study or article predicting the impact of artificial intelligence (“AI”) in the workplace. Whether it’s the way AI and automation will transform the workplace by displacing millions of jobs and creating millions of others, the increased use of AI in things like hiring…

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – With proper preparation, employers and their workers can thrive amid the continued rise of the technology-induced displacement of employees (TIDE™). But the risk to employers and employees is great if Congress, businesses, educators and workers continue to ignore the dramatic changes presented by automation, robotics and artificial intelligence. Those were the words…

The Emma Coalition, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to preparing American businesses and government for the coming TIDE™ (the technology-induced displacement of employees), announces its support of the 2019 Policy Report released by Washington State’s Future of Work Task Force. The report, “Exploring and Developing Policies for Shared Prosperity among Washington’s Businesses, Workers, and Communities,”…

A new report from the Brookings Institution finds that white-collar workers will also be affected by AI continuing its push into the workplace. The report, “What jobs are affected by AI? Better-paid, better-educated workers face the most exposure,” concludes that while automation will impact “routine” functions associated with blue-collar work, AI and machine learning are…

New research into job-seeker attitudes to digitization, automation and AI in the recruitment process claims to reveal how job-seekers are cheating recruitment technology platforms, to better their chances of landing a job. The study, Hiring Humans vs. Recruitment Robots, identified several tactics used by survey responders. Of the tactics used, just over a fifth (22…

While most people understand that A.I. is intended to cut out boring, repetitive parts of what they do, many are fearful of being replaced that they’re unwilling to hand over their drudge work to an algorithm. To address these anxieties, PwC launched a campaign two years ago to train its entire workforce of more than…

Designed by the recruiting-technology firm HireVue, the hiring system uses candidates’ computer or cellphone cameras to analyze their facial movements, word choice and speaking voice before ranking them against other applicants based on an automatically generated “employability” score. More than 100 employers now use the system, including Hilton, Unilever and Goldman Sachs, and more than…