AI and Robots in the Roaring 2020's: A Post-Pandemic Surge in Productivity
Many fear that advances in AI will lead to massive job losses or human extinction. I’ll present a much more optimistic outlook based on history and science. In the decade after the 1918 Flu Pandemic, the world economy flourished with advances in electricity and ...
Many fear that advances in AI will lead to massive job losses or human extinction. I’ll present a much more optimistic outlook based on history and science. In the decade after the 1918 Flu Pandemic, the world economy flourished with advances in electricity and transportation. Today, the world is poised for similar growth based on advances in artificial intelligence and robotics. In the 2020’s, a new generation of robots will assist workers in warehouses, factories, agriculture, and healthcare. I’ll use images and video to illustrate recent advances where robots learn to: grasp unfamiliar objects, untangle cables, tend polyculture gardens, and manipulate surgical
needles. Rather than replacing workers or causing destruction, AI and robots are much more likely to enhance human productivity, collaboration, and creativity in the Roaring 2020’s.