{"id":43931,"date":"2013-12-16T13:07:01","date_gmt":"2013-12-16T18:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=43931"},"modified":"2013-12-16T17:56:36","modified_gmt":"2013-12-16T22:56:36","slug":"some-musings-on-the-age-of-automation-algorithms-robotics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2013\/12\/16\/some-musings-on-the-age-of-automation-algorithms-robotics\/","title":{"rendered":"Some musings on the age of automation, algorithms, & robotics"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thinking for the future<\/a><\/strong> — from nytimes.com by David Brooks<\/p>\n

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We\u2019re living in an era of mechanized intelligence, an age in which you\u2019re probably going to find yourself in a workplace with diagnostic systems, different algorithms and computer-driven data analysis. If you want to thrive in this era, you probably want to be good at working with intelligent machines. As Tyler Cowen puts it in his relentlessly provocative recent book, \u201cAverage Is Over,\u201d \u201cIf you and your skills are a complement to the computer, your wage and labor market prospects are likely to be cheery. If your skills do not complement the computer, you may want to address that mismatch.\u201d<\/p>\n

So our challenge for the day is to think of exactly which mental abilities complement mechanized intelligence. Off the top of my head, I can think of a few mental types that will probably thrive in the years ahead.<\/p>\n

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\"EmploymentAvatars-12-12-13\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Create your own employment avatar robot to replace you at work. Fight fire with fire. Could this be the solution to the coming robotic automation revolution?<\/p>\n

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The question on everyone’s mind is \u201cIf all the jobs are automated, who will have money to buy the products from these corporations?\u201d \u00a0This is not just a blue-collar issue. Predictive analytics in soft A.I. robots could replace creative jobs as well.<\/p>\n

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\"IBM-AnEcosystemOfInnovation-Watson-2013\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Siri says ‘dump him’? How mobile devices could run (or ruin) your life<\/strong><\/a> — from CNN.com by futurist Gerd Leonhard<\/p>\n

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(CNN) — The Web is set to change our lives dramatically over the next decade. This will also raise questions about the use of personal data and the need to balance new powers with ethics.\u00a0 Here are five ways you can expect the explosion in technology to impact you:<\/p>\n

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From DSC:
\n<\/em>These items caused me to reflect…they made me wonder…<\/span><\/p>\n