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1 What Do You Think Life in The Future Will Look Like ? (Say 20 Years From Now)

The document discusses predictions for the future of work in 20 years. It predicts that artificial intelligence will replace many intellectual jobs like doctors, lawyers, writers, and drivers, similar to how the industrial revolution replaced physical labor jobs. This could lead to a world where basic needs are automated and people have more free time, or it could lead to dystopia if the infrastructure is not managed well. The jobs of the future may involve supporting automated infrastructure as well as more creative and social jobs. Engineering jobs will focus on automating processes and improving system efficiencies through coding and developing new technologies.

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1 What Do You Think Life in The Future Will Look Like ? (Say 20 Years From Now)

The document discusses predictions for the future of work in 20 years. It predicts that artificial intelligence will replace many intellectual jobs like doctors, lawyers, writers, and drivers, similar to how the industrial revolution replaced physical labor jobs. This could lead to a world where basic needs are automated and people have more free time, or it could lead to dystopia if the infrastructure is not managed well. The jobs of the future may involve supporting automated infrastructure as well as more creative and social jobs. Engineering jobs will focus on automating processes and improving system efficiencies through coding and developing new technologies.

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4/7/2019 HW 1 - Google Docs

Ross Levine 
IME 356 
Prof Macedo 
HW 1: The Future of the Workforce 
 
1­ What do you think life in the future will look like ? (say 20 years from now).  
It’s incredibly hard to say with any kind of certainty what life in the future will look like. 
Though based on the current state of the world and recent history there are a few assumptions 
that can be made. The democratization of affordable artificial learning and neural networks will 
create a wave of intellectual­based jobs being replaced by machines which I will call the 
intellectual revolution. 
In much the same way that the industrial revolution drastically reduced the number of 
physical­labor based jobs, I believe that the intellectual revolution will drastically reduce the 
need for humans doing work such as diagnosing illnesses, doing paperwork for law, writing 
articles, and complex activities like driving autos. Machines are much faster, and often more 
capable than humans, so they’d likely do these jobs better than we ever could hope to. The 
issue here is that if we replace all human workers with machine workers then what will humans 
do? 
In an ideal world there will be a new age of freedom and prosperity. If we are able to 
automate the fulfilment of basic human needs then humans may be able to stop working and 
focus on things that they truly enjoy. There could be a world where we are able to spend time 
with our families and friend, spend time exploring the world and making society more accepting 
and equitable. Though if everything is automated and that automation supports everyone then 
we can only hope that whoever controls the infrastructure has good intentions, or else we’d 
have a dystopian society on our hands. 
 
2­ What do you think the jobs of the future will be like ?  
I believe that humans will always find something to do. Once we’ve created a self 
sustaining, fully automated infrastructure we will still be driven by curiosity to explore, interact 
socially, and be creative. There will definitely be jobs that need to support the infrastructure, but 
there will likely also be more jobs in the arts and humanities. 
 
3­ What do you think engineering jobs of the future, and skill needed for engineers will be 
like? 
The only engineering jobs that will exist will be those that focus on automating processes 
and improving the efficiencies of those self sustaining processes. Engineers will need to know 
how to code and how to make systems run at peak efficiency. There will also be plenty of work 
for the development of new technology that these systems can use to run even more efficiently. 

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