TEDx Manchester talk on artificial intelligence (AI) and how the ascent of AI and robotics impacts our future work environments. The video of the talk is now also available here: https://youtu.be/dRw4d2Si8LA

1. AI & the future of workw o r k & l i f e i n t h e a g e o f r o b o t s
Volker Hirsch
@vhirsch
Manchester
19 Feb 2017
https://tobiasmastgrave.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/dystopia.jpg

2. Sir Francis Bacon, 1561-1626
Knowledge
is power

3. 18
exabyte
10 Library of congress

4. all text content
x 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 =
1 exabyte
Library of congress

5. Facebookconnections
internet traffic 2016: 1,100 exabytes

6. knowledge In your pocket

7. Sir Francis Bacon, 1561-1626
Is Knowledge
still power?

8. IBM System/360 Model 75
The Age of the computer
http://www.chilton-computing.org.uk/gallery/harwell/orig/h50845.jpg

9. Neil Armstrong on the moon, 20 July 1969. Image: Nasa
IBM System/360 Model 75
Programme size: 6MB
(10% of Candy Crush saga)

10. Gordon Moore
Moore’s ‘law’
(it’s dying...)

11. Quantum
Computing
https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/quantum-computing-super-atom.jpg

12. Quantum
Computing
“Today’s conventional computing
technology is compared to reading
every book in a library, one by one.
Quantum computing technology is
compared to reading every book in
a library, all at once.”
https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/quantum-computing-super-atom.jpg
Dr Chris Ballance, Research Fellow, Magdalen College, University of Oxford
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-08/uoo-rlg080516.php

13. Artificial Intelligence

14. Artificial Intelligence
m a c h i n e
learning

15. The machines
are coming
http://i.huffpost.com/gen/2223300/images/o-SCARY-TERMINATOR-ROBOT-facebook.jpg

16. Factory Worker
TESla factory, Fremont, California

17. http://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/article_large/public/thumbnails/image/2016/05/25/16/foxconn.jpg

18. http://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/article_large/public/thumbnails/image/2016/05/25/16/foxconn.jpg
$5/day > technology

19. Amazon automated warehouse
warehouse logistics

20. shipping logistics
kalmar automated vehicles, Port of Los Angeles, California

21. Policeman
Boston Dynamics Wildcat

22. security guard
knightscope K5

23. Sniper
General Atomics, MQ-9 Reaper

24. Hadrian X
Builder

25. Pizza Delivery Guy
Flirtey Drone

26. Pizza Delivery Guy
Starship Technologies Robot

28. Driver

29. Long-haul trucking

30. Musician
Release date: February 2009 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Howell
also on

32. Amazon Echo: your butler
order an uber to leave in half an hour
get me a Margharita from domino’s
what’s the weather on monday in hull?
Set a reminder in 90 minutes...
Is Jeff bezos a nice guy?
Is arsenal winning the league?
should i watch La-La Land?
play my favourite miles tune

34. RIP. It was good while it lasted...

35. Automation will take the jobs it can take
http://www.cgpgrey.com/

36. It’s not immigrants, it’s automation!
Pellenc Optimum

37. Massive Impact on the Workplace & Employment
Forbes, Feb. 2015
https://static.fleetmon.com/static/images/developer-program/developer-program-ide.jpg

38. memory augmentation therapist
plant educator
nano-weapon specialist
diffractive optics modeler
New Jobs for you:
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39. memory augmentation therapist
plant educator
nano-weapon specialist
diffractive optics modeler
New Jobs for you:
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/546d61b5e4b049f0b10b95c5/t/54ac33c8e4b00d49fabfccf7/1420571594648/ClassifiedListing.png?format=1500w
This was
2015…

40. Ray Kurzweil
Kurzweil TL;DR

41. Faster Computing > faster innovation
> faster solutions to hard problems >
all diseases, hunger, energy, etc solved
> immortality > bodies become
obsolete, people will only be minds >
one interconnected mind across mankind
Kurzweil TL;DR

42. https://a.fastcompany.net/multisite_files/fastcompany/imagecache/1280/poster/2014/03/3028037-poster-p-1-how-paying-attention-can-change-your-career.jpg
change

43. Change alone is
eternal,
perpetual,
immortal.
Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860

44. http://blog.vanillaforums.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/change-cartoon.jpg

45. http://silverlining.main.jp/wp-content/themes/slg_test2/images/main_02.jpg
Where do we go from here?
1. Rebuild society (Talk next time)
2. tactical steps
3. Education, ecucation, ecucation

46. http://new.abb.com/images/librariesprovider151/stories/yumi-hero.jpg?sfvrsn=2 ABB YuMi
(stop gap)
Human-machine Collaboration

47. Human-machine Collaboration
Go Board. Image: Wikipedia Commons

48. What is specifically HUMAN?

49. Made with love

50. Empathy

51. Cirque de Soleil
Creativity

52. Critical Thought

53. http://www.advisorsuccessions.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/train.jpeg
Ride the train,
don’t jump in front of it

54. Thank You!
@vhirsch
me@vhirsch.com
+44 7843 599 678
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