Automation, Innovation and Work The Impact of Technological, Economic, and Social Singularity Routledge Studies in the Economics of Innovation Series
Auteurs : Johannessen Jon-Arild, Sætersdal Helene
Artificial intelligence will not necessarily create a super-intelligent ?human robot?; however, it is very probable that intelligent robots and intelligent informats will bring about a form of super-globalization, in which money and goods are prioritized over people and democracy and where the widespread use of casual labour ? that is, short-term contracts ? will become the most common form of employment relationship. It is also very likely that artificial intelligence will bring about what is known as singularity. This term is used to describe a situation where intelligent robots, from a rational and logical perspective, are smarter than humans, i.e. the development of AI.
This book explores the impact that these intelligent robots and intelligent informats will have on social and societal development. The author tackles the question of singularity from three distinct standpoints: technological singularity ? the intelligence of machines compared to that of humans ? which he argues will bring about a qualitatively new labour market; economic singularity ? the consequences for work relationships, value creation and employment ? which he asserts will promote full automation, result in precarious contracts with low salaries, and, in some countries, possibly lead to the introduction of a universal basic income; and social singularity ? the consequences of technological and economic singularity for democratic processes, bureaucratic procedures for exercising authority and control, and the direction in which society will develop, in addition to the emergence of new social institutions ? which Johannessen says will promote a transition from representative democracy to genuine democracy.
The book will appeal to academics, researchers and students of economic sociology and political economy, as well as those focusing upon the emerging innovation economy. It will also find an audience among professionals and policymakers keen to understand the impact the Fourth Industrial Revolution will have on organizations, individuals and society at large.
Part I Technological and economic singularity1. Technological singularity 2. Economic singularityPart II Social singularity3. AI network Part III Institutional innovations4. Democracy as the people’s institution 5. Social singularity and work 6. Singularity and education 7. Singularity and the universities of the future Appendix: Process pedagogy Index
Jon-Arild Johannessen is Professor at Kristiania University College, Oslo, Norway.
Helene Sætersdal is Associate Professor at Kristiania University College, Oslo, Norway.
Date de parution : 09-2021
15.6x23.4 cm
Date de parution : 03-2020
15.6x23.4 cm
Thèmes d’Automation, Innovation and Work :
Mots-clés :
Intelligent Robots; Direct Democracy; Artificial intelligence; Vice Versa; human robots; Universal Basic Income; Fourth Industrial Revolution; intelligent informats; Artificial Intelligence Network; super-globalization; Good Life; casual labour; Blockchain Technology; short-term contracts; Genetic Data Analysis; employment relationships; Synthetic Biology; singularity; Competence Train; AI; Social Robots; social and societal development; Artificial Emotions; technological singularity; Uncanny Valley; labour market; Moral Intelligence; economic singularity; Big Data; work relationships; True Democracy; value creation; Global Brain; employment; Math Destruction; automation; Party Game; precarious work; Trawler Owners; Develop Teaching Models; social singularity; Catastrophe Industry; democratic processes; Representative Democracy; new social institutions; Student Interest Declines; innovation economy