While digital technology is driving job displacement, human ingenuity is creating new ones. The real problem is the new jobs may not appear as fast as the old ones disappear But workers will be safe if they are flexible, machines cannot gather a large data set about their role, […]
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AI-driven automation will transform almost every service job in some way. But, as I shared at the recent Chinese University Business School Global Alumni Forum 2020, they will replace very few. It is because there’s always something that “globotics” can’t do.In other words, we won’t be seeing a future with massive factory closures; rather, more people would shift from long-term jobs to temporary, freelance work. Digital technology is driving job displacement, but don’t forget that human ingenuity is driving job creation.