Digitalization and automation are not new concepts. Mechanical production, steam power, and railroads were all used during the first industrial revolution in the late 1700s. With the introduction of electricity and mass production in the late 1800s, the second revolution occurred. The third revolution, which began in the 1970s, advanced automation through information technology (IT), electronics, and computers. There are certain steps in transcription to follow which help in business.
Cloud computing, artificial intelligence, improved digitalization, human transcription and the Internet of Things are driving yet another wave of transformation. Technology has already had an impact on our lives. This has an impact on all industries. Information can be retrieved, inventories and logistics can be handled, briefs can be prepared, financial services can be provided, documents can be translated, statements can be audited, diseases can be diagnosed, and even cocktails and barista-quality coffee can be prepared using software and AI-powered technologies.
These are terrible, anxiety-inducing possibilities for so many of us. They don’t have to be, though. To be clear, in the present national discourse about automation, there are two major problems at stake. The first is about preparing today’s pupils, particularly high school students, for tomorrow’s occupations. The second is to assist workers in learning new skills so that they may move into new jobs that have been created as a result of automation.
For some, this dichotomy raises the question of how to assist employees and students in preparing for jobs that don’t yet exist. The bigger question, in my opinion, is how can we ensure that automation best meets our country’s ever-changing educational and employment needs? Simply put, our country requires more corporate executives who are willing to devise new solutions to satisfy current demands. To that end, rather than postponing, or worse, avoiding the inevitable, we should embrace automation.
After all, people are the builders of our impending “robot revolution.” Automation works best when workers are participants in building their new interactions with machines. This implies that we are the ones who set the rules. Robots are supposed to do what we program and want them to do, not the other way around. So why not lend a hand to them, to us? “Amazon deploys hundreds of thousands of cutting-edge robots in its warehouses. The robots are the shelves, which move to humans, who continue to conduct the picking”.
Similarly, to help us achieve our common aim of maximizing the benefits of automation, we can:
1. Increase business-education partnerships to guarantee that high school students are more equipped for jobs in high-demand, high-growth fields such as information technology and health care.
2. Invest in more workforce development initiatives, such as reskilling and upskilling programs, to help workers who are most at risk of losing their jobs due to automation retool and retrain.
3. Encourage creative learning methods such as project-based learning to enable high school students to simulate real-world working conditions and build automation-resistant abilities such as teamwork and collaboration.
4. Expand paid and online learning opportunities for high school students and working professionals interested in changing careers, such as internships, apprenticeships, and job shadowing.
Robotics and smart manufacturing may now be integrated into classrooms and workplaces. We can now teach high school students and working adults for careers in coding and software development. We can now provide them with more opportunities to polish their project management and critical thinking skills. These are the opportunities for which we must prepare them, and we can begin doing so right now, not in ten years, not in six months.
The fear-filled discussions about automation that some of us are having right now aren’t helping us, and they’re certainly not helping our kids or employees. We must not let fear cripple our ability to illuminate the path forward. We must also keep in mind that today’s learners and earners are relying on us.
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