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The Odds of a Machine Doing Your Job | Daily Infographic

The Odds of a Machine Doing Your Job | Daily Infographic | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

Spoiler Alert: The odds are high that a robot/algorithm is going to be better at your job than you are.

The ascendency of the robotic workforce is a complicated issue. On the one hand, millions of human rely on driving to earn a crust. On the other hand, over a million humans die in car accidents every year. Autonomous cars are guaranteed to greatly reduce both of these numbers. It’s hard to know how to feel about that.

If you’re not convinced that self-driving cars would increase road safety all that much, we’ve got an infographic on The Car of the Future that is sure to convince you.

Speaking of autonomous vehicles, I can’t agree that airline pilots are unlikely to be replaced by machines because they practically have been! Autopilot does the majority of the flying already, and it’s a small step from there to obsolescence. I also think it’s much more likely that police patrols get replaced by robots than this graph does, but let’s not dwell on that dystopian possibility....

Jeff Domansky's insight:

This infographic is thought-provoking and an intriguing look at the impact of technology on the future of jobs.

Jeff Domansky's curator insight, August 7, 2016 8:59 PM

This infographic is thought-provoking and an intriguing look at the impact of technology on the future of jobs.

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Robert Scoble: Welcome to the Age of Context

Robert Scoble: Welcome to the Age of Context | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

According to Robert Scoble, if you want to read the future, look no further than the startup community.


As the Chief Startup Liaison for Rackspace, the Open Cloud Computing Company, Scoble travels the world looking for what's happening on the bleeding edge of technology for Rackspace's startup program. In his role, he studies the future by interviewing thousands of executives and technology innovators and reports what he learns in books.


Scoble's most recent book, "Age of Context," coauthored with Forbes author Shel Israel, talks about the five technology trends which will profoundly reshape our lives and our businesses over the next decade. Companies must prepare themselves for the Age of Context as the fusion of wearable computing, big data and computation, sensor data, social networking and location data will form today's new kind of contextual operating system.


So what does the future hold and how can you be sure that your company is well-positioned to be a leader in your industry? Here, Scoble shares his futuristic outlook and advice to startups....

Jeff Domansky's insight:

Recommended reading for trend spotters. 9/10

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