How Do You Prepare for AI Economy?

Long time back we saw robots and automated things only in movies. These days we see many things being done through machines via artificial intelligence (AI). Soon many more jobs will be unmanned.

How do you feel if a robot will greet you at the reception area of a building? Or if a robot will take your order when you go to a restaurant? Will you feel safe if you ride in a driverless car, boat or airplane? How does food cooked by a robot taste? Will you be happy if you have a robot mate or electronic lover? Will you trust a robot to perform surgery on you?

For many companies, this will save a lot of costs as government-mandated benefits will not be extended to them. There will also be no issue on disciplinary actions as they will serve their purposes as programs, and there will be fewer labor disputes.

What will people whose jobs are to be taken by automation, do then? If many will lose jobs then the consumption of goods and services will be lesser so it will affect the economy. They will not pay taxes.

A very private person born in the '60s, I myself do not want to interact with a robot as I feel not secured not knowing who sees and/or hears me behind the cameras or anything attached to it. As they say, you do not have 100% security if things are within the grid zone. Besides robots have no common sense. There are instances that in some situations we need to apply common sense. But things are happening very fast and we cannot stop it.

How do we prepare for AI economy? AI will be more than a tool as they will be part of the organization as co-workers, as per Harvard Business Review online.

We must prepare our young generations to enthusiastically learn about computer science and coding, and later passionately master artificial intelligence / robotics and cybersecurity.

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