No, 'The Human Machine Interlace' is not a typographical error.
The article by Kevin McCullough*, is a thought-provoking, optimistic piece about our future relationship with technology.
Amazing bio-mechanical developments are already available to provide external mechanical aids, such as exoskeletons to help heavy or repetitive lifting jobs. It won't be long before these are actually incorporated into the body - for example to help those with disability. If this seems fanciful, roboticist Hugh Herr believes that one day physical disabilities will not exist. Listen to him on the TED Radio Hour podcast 'Transformations'.
In his article, McCullough suggests that the myriad of articles and quizzes that ask 'will robots take your job?' is unhelpful and misleading. He posits that the purpose of AI is not to replace humans, but to make machines less dumb and remove the drudgery of repetitive or dangerous work to release human potential. As always, leading edge technology development leaves ethics and legislation trailing behind. If we can manage our way through this, the future is looking good for machine-augmented work.
*Kevin McCullough is one of the presenters at The Innovation Network' spring workshop 'Work in 2030 - It may not be what you think' to be held on 28th March 2019 at The Shard, London.
The article by Kevin McCullough*, is a thought-provoking, optimistic piece about our future relationship with technology.
Amazing bio-mechanical developments are already available to provide external mechanical aids, such as exoskeletons to help heavy or repetitive lifting jobs. It won't be long before these are actually incorporated into the body - for example to help those with disability. If this seems fanciful, roboticist Hugh Herr believes that one day physical disabilities will not exist. Listen to him on the TED Radio Hour podcast 'Transformations'.In his article, McCullough suggests that the myriad of articles and quizzes that ask 'will robots take your job?' is unhelpful and misleading. He posits that the purpose of AI is not to replace humans, but to make machines less dumb and remove the drudgery of repetitive or dangerous work to release human potential. As always, leading edge technology development leaves ethics and legislation trailing behind. If we can manage our way through this, the future is looking good for machine-augmented work.
*Kevin McCullough is one of the presenters at The Innovation Network' spring workshop 'Work in 2030 - It may not be what you think' to be held on 28th March 2019 at The Shard, London.
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