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Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
The skills gap is widening between people and AI.
Artificial Intelligence is apparently ready to get to work. Over the next three years, as many as 120 million workers from the world's 12 largest economies may need to be retrained because of advances in artificial intelligence and intelligent automation, according to a study released Friday by IBM's Institute for Business Value. However, less than half of CEOs surveyed by IBM said they had the resources needed to close the skills gap brought on by these new technologies.
"Organizations are facing mounting concerns over the widening skills gap and tightened labor markets with the potential to impact their futures as well as worldwide economies," said Amy Wright, a managing partner for IBM Talent & Transformation, in a release. "Yet while executives recognize severity of the problem, half of those surveyed admit that they do not have any skills development strategies in place to address their largest gaps."
[...] IBM says companies should be able to close the skills gap needed for the "era of AI," but that this won't necessarily be easy. The company said global research shows the time it takes to close a skills gap through employee training has grown by more than 10 times in the last four years. That's due in part to new skills requirements rapidly emerging, while other skills become obsolete.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by DannyB on Monday September 09 2019, @07:36PM (1 child)
First, I agree that the minimum wage should be increased. Businesses complain, but in fact, it turns out that everyone has more money to spend and it is good for business.
Second, I am just reflecting my stereotype that there is a subset of people who seem to feel entitled to be supported by society forever. They need to work. (I could quote the bible: If a man will not work, he should not eat.) I also recognize that some people legitimately cannot work.
Something has clearly gone off the rails in our society when so few hoard the vast majority of the planet's resources (aka wealth) while everyone else struggles for a bit of the remaining resources. I think that is a big part of the real problem more than the minimum wage. There may be enough to go around, but too much of it is hoarded and wastefully used.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 09 2019, @07:42PM
There is no mystery about that something... The federal reserve creates money out of thin air and loans it to their friends, who loan it to their friends, etc. It cant be any more obvious.