Only Humans Need Apply: Winners and Losers in the Age of Smart Machines
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| Rating | : | 4.13 (809 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0062438611 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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"The Shift to the Augmentation Mindset! How To Save Your Career, Retool your skill sets and focus on the best places to add value" according to Anthony F. Branda. Did Steve Jobs and Alan Turing Read Davenport and Kirby’s book? They sure behaved as if they understood the principles in “Only Human’s Need Apply” as they practiced “Augmentation.”Tom Davenport’s book presents an outstanding, compelling, yet frightening case for everyone to pay more attention to automation and the impact it has on our own jobs. This book is a must read for every one a. This is a terrific book, perhaps Davenport’s best and most important This is a terrific book, perhaps Davenport’s best and most important. For this review, I’m picking out three things I especially like. First, is the notion of how AI penetrates business. Its proponents have been making extravagant claims about its potential for a good long while, and it is easy to be dismissive. But Davenport and Kirby offer a solid rationale and “means of diffusion” through which it ca. Identify your personal approach to dealing w technological change If you're a techie, you probably already know this. Otherwise, this is a valuable and interesting review of areas of the economy/job market most likely to be affected (most are already affected) by constantly improving technology, the elephant in the room in the usual discussions of detrimental globalization. For me, the first few chapters conveyed the message that there are specific things individuals can do to enhance their
It’s both. Millions of educated knowledge workers—writers, paralegals, assistants, medical technicians—are threatened by accelerating advances in artificial intelligence.The industrial revolution shifted workers from farms to factories. In the first era of automation, machines relieved humans of manually exhausting work. An invigorating, thought-provoking, and positive look at the rise of automation that explores how professionals across industries can find sustainable careers in the near future.Nearly half of all working Americans could risk losing their jobs because of technology. Where will this leave lawy
She is the coauthor of Standing on the Sun: How the Explosion of Capitalism Abroad Will Change Business Everywhere.. Thomas H. He teaches analytics and big data in executive programs at Babson, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan School, and Boston University, and is the author or coauthor of seventeen books.Julia
(Erik Brynjolfsson, Professor at MIT and co-author of The Second Machine Age)Individual knowledge workers, corporate executives, and government leaders all need to read this book. (Manoj Saxena, Former General Manager, IBM Watson) . A fine call to action in the face of uncertainty. Smart machines are going to change our work and our lives, and the sooner we begin to augment their capabilities, the more successful our economy will be. The sooner you learn about augmentation, the more successful you’ll be in the labor markets of the future. Davenport and Kirby are correct: people will augment these tools, rather than be a