Artificial intelligence and Automation has the potential to improve productivity, efficiency and accuracy across an organisation – but is this entirely beneficial?
The use of artificial intelligence, alongside other technologies has continuously improved production for the sector. However, people are always thinking that they are going to be replaced by a robot in the workplace. Where comes change, comes more opportunity.
Artificial intelligence allows us for the completion of mundane tasks that would take a lot of human labour hours. Automating these tasks allows for skilled workers to dedicate their time elsewhere. Not only this, AI is not as prone as making errors as a person is, meaning work completed is more likely to be accurate. The most complex AI’s reduce the amount of risk attached to the decision making process.
Machines and algorithms in the workplace are expected to create 133 million new roles but cause 75 million jobs to be displayed by 2022 according to a new report from the World Economic Forum (WEF). Thus meaning, artificial intelligence is set to create 58 million new jobs over the next few years.
In many cases, artificial intelligence will not have to replace your job role. AI will make your job easier. Computers don’t come up with innovations. People do. Even the computer itself is a human innovation. AI will continue to need the ingenuity of the people that created it as it will continuously need maintenance and updates, otherwise it will become outdated.
Automation and AI is set to change the workplace and for now, we can see the benefits. We hope this will continue in the years to come.
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