What will be the impact of AI on jobs?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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John Markoff is optimistic. He believes that they will transform, rather than destroy, jobs, and help compensate for the demographic shifts in the world’s population. We will need to retrain a lot, though (so liberal arts degrees are good preparation).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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That said, data science and the intersection of biology and information technology are current hot areas for employment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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To the title: there are two streams of development in computer science, AI and human-computer interaction, which don’t have a lot of crossover. They are two different philosophical approaches to the relationship between humans and computers.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Although there’s no real evidence that machines will be self-aware in the near future, they will be autonomous, and we need to design human values into their systems.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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45 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n
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