According to a joint report by the University of London Goldsmiths and cognitive science service provider IPsoft, collaboration between artificial intelligence and humans has the potential to establish a hyperproductive environment, making it necessary to coexist in the labor market.
Artificial intelligence is increasingly present in today’s world. All kinds of inventions ranging from personal assistants to recent autonomous cars are part of the most current technological landscape. The constant evolution of this subject allows systems to add skills progressively and begin to constitute an important factor in the world of work. The presence of automated machines is increasingly necessary so that both companies and society can continue to grow as before.
Moreover, forecasts indicate that by 2025 a computer will already have the computing capacity of a human brainwhich is not very encouraging considering that, recently, a Japanese insurance company has decided to replace 34 workers with an IBM system. Although citizens may perceive that AI threatens the continuity of office work, the reality is much more hopeful.
A hyperproductive collaboration
As a joint report by the University of London Goldsmiths and cognitive science service provider IPsoft reveals, collaboration between artificial intelligence and humans has the potential to establish a hyperproductive environment, making it necessary to coexist in the labor market. The study, entitled “FuturaCorp: Artificial Intelligence and the freedom of the human being”, states that, as this technology develops, organizations will change their methods of operation, establishing specific tasks for humans and machines.
“This study found that collaboration between people and intelligent machines has the potential to be more productive; a hyperproductive environment where you are maximizing the human being and technology,” he explains Chris Brauer, doctor of the Goldsmiths University of London, who has led this research. Brauer argues that by entering the project he hoped to reveal the booming positions for artificial intelligence, but was amazed by the collaborative approach between humans and machines suggested by the study.
Task distribution
According to the investigation, the most monotonous and repetitive roles would be best suited for AIwhile people should assume the creative tasks that require empathy and strategy. In this sense, the work areas would be divided into three categories: interdisciplinary, probabilistic and deterministic skills.
“The real benefits of AI productivity will not simply be a factor in automating existing processes. His arrival will engender new possibilities unknown to humansBrauer explains. “This new configuration of humans working alongside intelligent machines will be the source of sustained competitive advantage. The result will be FutureCorp”.
In this way, the predictions reveal how artificial intelligence will play a very relevant role in increasing productivity, collaborating with people within the workforce of companies. It is a most hopeful fact for all those who see the future with suspicion before the unstoppable development of technology. What they now see as a threat may eventually become their best ally.
