Yesterday I had the opportunity to visit Sherwood Observatory as part of a meeting of local government, business and education stakeholders. We spent the morning talking about AI, automation and the future of work.
We really benefitted from input from Professor Amin Al-Habaibeh from Nottingham Trent University who is an AI researcher. I was really struck by the way that he was able to describe the real impacts that AI could make on business efficiency and performance. But, I was also struck by the fact that these were detailed and bespoke developments within the context of specific businesses and business processes. AI is clearly not a magic cure-all, and it remains critical to keep human beings in the loop, particularly during development. The reality of AI is some way away from the rhetoric it seems.
I also made a contribution where I talked about the likely impacts that AI and automation will have on the labour market and careers. This is what I had to say…