[OPLIN 4cast] OPLIN 4cast #535: Not all are going to welcome AI

Wed Mar 29 10:30:02 EDT 2017

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OPLIN 4cast #535: Not all are going to welcome AI
March 29th, 2017

[image: Conveyor belt bringing robots into an office building and workers
out of it] Last week, the president's top economic adviser said he had no
worries
<http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/24/15049290/treasury-secretary-steven-mnuchin-ai-robot-jobs-star-wars>
about AI or robots coming for American jobs. In fact, Steve Mnuchin claimed
that it would be 50 to 100 years from now, before that would even be a
problem on the country's radar. It might be nice to relegate that concern
to the proverbial backburner...except, the problem *isn't* a future issue:
it's already happening, and it may even affect American workers
disproportionately, compared to those in other countries. The future is
here, and it's going to result in unemployment for a good number of people.
If your library is pr
- Hate to Break It to Steve Mnuchin, But AI’s Already Taking Jobs
<https://www.wired.com/2017/03/hate-break-steve-mnuchin-ais-already-taking-jobs/>
[WIRED]
"Except Mnuchin’s wrong. Like super-wrong. Artificial intelligence is not
only *coming* for jobs, the jobs it’s coming for are the precious few left
over after old-school automation already came for so many others.
Technologists and economists know this. People who’ve lost jobs to robots
and computers already know this. The only people who apparently don’t know
it are in the White House. "
- U.S. workers face higher risk of being replaced by robots. Here's why
<http://money.cnn.com/2017/03/24/technology/robots-jobs-us-workers-uk/index.html>.
[CNN] "Thirty-eight percent of jobs in the U.S. are at high risk of being
replaced by robots and artificial intelligence over the next 15 years,
according to a new report by PwC. Meanwhile, only 30% of jobs in the U.K.
are similarly endangered. The same level of risk applies to only 21% of
positions in Japan."
- Why AI could destroy more jobs than it creates, and how to save them
<http://www.techrepublic.com/article/ai-is-destroying-more-jobs-than-it-creates-what-it-means-and-how-we-can-stop-it/>
[TechRepublic]
"'These middle-skilled structured tasks, routine information processing
tasks will continue to be under a lot of pressure: bookkeepers, travel
agents, legal aids — maybe not lawyers or attorneys but the first level
associates. I already talked to one big law firm and they said they're not
hiring as many of those sorts of people because a machine can scan through
hundreds of thousands or millions of documents and find the relevant
information for a case or a trial much more quickly and accurately than a
human can,' said Brynjolfsson."
- Treasury Secretary Mnuchin says AI taking US jobs is '50-100 more years'
away — but it's already beginning to happen
<http://www.businessinsider.com/the-robots-are-coming-whether-mnuchin-says-so-or-not-2017-3>
[Business
Insider] "In other words, although the recent political cycle has focused
primarily on manufacturing and construction jobs — and, indeed, those are
susceptible to being automated away, according to Frey and Osbourne — this
study suggests that they are not the only jobs "at risk." To take it a step
further, this suggests manufacturing jobs are not the only jobs economists,
politicians, and policymakers should be focusing on."

*Articles from Ohio Web Library <http://ohioweblibrary.org>:*

   - Artificial intelligence risk to jobs
   <http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pwh&AN=NEM16101500081121179172-BI&site=pov-live>
(TAO,
   L. (2016, October 15). Artificial intelligence risk to jobs. *Nelson
   Mail, The*. p. 8.)
   - When robots steal your job
   <http://proxy.ohiolink.edu:9099/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f5h&AN=120580222&site=ehost-live>
(GILMORE,
   S. (2017). When robots steal your job. *Maclean's*, *130*(1), 8.)
   - Artificial Intelligence A Job Killer? Software Developers Fear So
   <http://proxy.ohiolink.edu:9099/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=buh&AN=113561753&site=ehost-live>
(BRIAN,
   D. (2016, March 8). Artificial Intelligence A Job Killer? Software
   Developers Fear So. *Investors Business Daily*. p. 1.)

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