The article also mentions a survey by PwC, which found that only a third of participants were concerned about their jobs being replaced by technology by 2025. However, the World Economic Forum predicts that AI could replace about 85 million jobs by 2025. Despite these predictions, the CEOs argue that robots can help address labor shortages and transform the way work is done, similar to the impact of personal computers in the 1980s.
Key takeaways:
- Many workers are concerned about their jobs being replaced by AI and robots, with the World Economic Forum predicting that AI could replace about 85 million jobs by 2025.
- Agility Robotics, which is partnering with Amazon to test humanoid robots in warehouses, insists that the machines are designed to assist humans, not replace them.
- CEO of Agility Robotics, Damion Shelton, argues that robots can help address labor shortages and take on dangerous, repetitive tasks, allowing human workers to focus on more creative aspects of their jobs.
- Jeff Cardenas, CEO of Apptronik, believes that robots can free human workers from dangerous tasks and transform the way work is done, likening the current era of work-based humanoid robotics to the computing advances of the 1980s.