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Human/Machine
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Human/Machine

by Daniel Newman, Olivier Blanchard
July 2019
Intermediate to advanced
264 pages
5h 50m
English
Kogan Page
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CHAPTER NINE

The future of human–machine partnerships

Putting it all together

Reframing the discussion: automation is not the enemy… as long as we don’t make it our enemy

We began this book with a simple question: ‘Will a machine take away my job?’ The answer, as we have discovered, is not that simple. Whether or not your job is taken over by a machine depends on a number of factors, among them your occupation, physical location, employment arrangement, level of education, access to training, and the speed with which smart automation that can realistically do your job can be deployed and utilized cost-effectively enough.

For employers, while the prospect of automating as many tasks as possible may initially look promising – at least on paper ...

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ISBN: 9780749484255