Veronika Wild

- Image by Copilot  The Promise Technocrats and AI’s proponents tell us that the future looks bright – that AI will relieve us of tedious jobs, that it will cure cancer, stop world hunger and solve the world’s problems. Nor am I against those technologies. Assuming that the environmental issues have been resolved, there is nothing I would like better than having AI and robots taking over a lot of the routine, dangerous, soul -destroying or physically demanding work that takes such a toll on human beings.    The aim of this post then, is not to suggest that AI or automation are inherently negative or inevitable, but to look at the current trends critically and to proceed with caution so that society itself is not damaged in the rush to implement them. Part I will be about the way workplaces are changing and Part II will be about ways to mitigate its worst effects.  The Reality  There are workplaces which seem to embody the dream. I am thinking for example of ...