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Workforce Development In the Age of Automation and Artificial Intelligence

Sept. 20, 2017. Workforce Development In the Age of Automation and Artificial Intelligence. Discussion with members of the Finger Lakes Workforce Investment Board. Where's Waldo?. Working Nation: Slope of the Curve. Challenges of Automation & Artificial Intelligence (AI).

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Workforce Development In the Age of Automation and Artificial Intelligence

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  1. Sept. 20, 2017 Workforce Development In the Age of Automation andArtificial Intelligence Discussion with members of the Finger Lakes Workforce Investment Board

  2. Where's Waldo?

  3. Working Nation: Slope of the Curve

  4. Challenges of Automation & Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Automation and AI are here and will grow exponentially over the next 5-20 years • Low-skilled jobs are already being automated and will be hit, en masse, first • e.g. assembly, packaging, and more • Middle skill jobs are partially automatable already and will be near full automation in the next decade or two as AI advances • e.g. paralegals • Even high-skilled jobs are at risk, according to top futurists, tech titans, and economic studies • Approx. 7-10% at first, then more; AI is getting that good, that fast

  5. Staggering Statistic …47% of jobs are “at risk” of being automated in the next 20 years. - Carl Frey and Michael Osborne, The Future of Employment: How Susceptible Are Jobs to Computerisation, University of Oxford

  6. http://crresearch.com/blog/current-labor-force

  7. A true jobless future? Optimist: Ray Kurzweil, a renowned futurist and Google’s top engineering director, sees robots as a force for good, at least in terms of freeing people up to do what it is they love. By the 2030s, AI will outpace biological intelligence and self-driving cars will be everywhere. "We are going to have new types of jobs creating new types of dollars that don't exist yet and that has been the trend," he says. Pessimist: Alibaba Founder Jack Ma, also a renowned futurist, is predicting “decades of pain.”

  8. Potential Solutions • Raise awareness – among ED, workforce, business, educational and community leaders; employers; school administrators and teachers; parents; students and more • Generate excitement about coding, data analytics, STEM/STEAM • Some say coding should be offered as second language • For liberal arts enthusiasts, encourage focus on marketable skills - marketing, social and digital media, sales, data analytics and management, IT networking & support, graphic design

  9. Potential Solutions - Schools Top 10 Skills – 2015 vs. 2020 20152020 Complex Problem Solving Complex Problem Solving Coordinating with Others Critical Thinking People Management Creativity Critical Thinking People Management Negotiation Coordinating with Others Quality Control Emotional Intelligence Service Orientation Judgment & Decision Making Judgment & Decision Making Service Orientation Active Listening Negotiation Creativity Cognitive Flexibility • Emphasize critical thinking, problem solving, teamwork, creativity, entrepreneurial skills, self-employment, soft skills

  10. Potential Solutions – EDOs and WIBs • “Skills broker” • To match employers with employees • WIBs and EDOs can lead • Dutchess County IDA is already looking for a Director of Talent Management • Grants for start-ups • Allow unemployment dollars to be used toward starting a business • Shift funding from other programs

  11. Potential Solutions – How We Can Cope with AI • “New Deal for the 21st Century”: A Study by the Council on Foreign Relations • Equip young people with education and skills to adapt to career changes • Provide retraining for older workers • Tax incentives and insurance, facilitate job mobility, reform occupational licensing • Career loan accounts w/repayment linked to future earnings • Wage insurance, direct wage subsidies, minimum wage increments • Civilian National Service Program • Alleviates social disruption, teaches new skills, helps those in need, invests in public infrastructure improvements

  12. Do We Tax the Robots?

  13. A Word About UBI • Universal Basic Income (UBI) • Experiments currently taking place in communities worldwide, including in US, in Oakland, CA • Not a new idea – heavily considered in 1970s under President Nixon • Based in part on Alaska’s “Permanent Fund,” which distributes dividend to every resident to share wealth from state’s natural resources • Supported by tech titans, including Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk

  14. Crazy, Not Crazy? Get Ready for AI • 4 Crazy Predictions About the Future

  15. Next Steps • Raise Awareness • Messaging • Speaking opportunities; spread the word • Events • December 2017 or January 2018 (date awaiting confirmation) • 2x/year • Bring in futurists • FLX employers from across variety of sectors speaking about short-term and long-term future • Finger Lakes school district leadership • Continue to work with and through the Finger Lakes WIB on these endeavors

  16. Questions & Answers

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