Recent additions include research on the impact of AI and digital technologies on PROFESSIONS. The go-to reference is Richard Susskind and Daniel Susskind’s The Future of the Professions (Oxford University Press, 2015). The two authors warn professions that the power of AI will challenge the “grand bargain” they’ve operating under for 200 years or more,—that is, the right to exclusive practice of particular services on the basis of possessing complex knowledge and skills. The exponential increase in the capabilities of digital technologies, they think, will inevitably have a negative impact on profession’s employment prospects:
AI's impact on professions
AI's impact on professions
AI's impact on professions
Recent additions include research on the impact of AI and digital technologies on PROFESSIONS. The go-to reference is Richard Susskind and Daniel Susskind’s The Future of the Professions (Oxford University Press, 2015). The two authors warn professions that the power of AI will challenge the “grand bargain” they’ve operating under for 200 years or more,—that is, the right to exclusive practice of particular services on the basis of possessing complex knowledge and skills. The exponential increase in the capabilities of digital technologies, they think, will inevitably have a negative impact on profession’s employment prospects: