Information Technology and the U.S. Workforce Where Are We and Where Do We Go from Here? (2017) / Chapter Skim
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1 Introduction
1 Introduction
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People are connected as never before; with the Internet now accessible through mobile devices, tools such as e-mail and video chat have become commonplace, and numerous social media platforms enable us to share and curate pieces of our identity with others. When we begin to type messages, computers can often complete our words.
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Jobs can shape individuals' identities and help provide a sense of meaning or purpose. According to the World Economic Forum's 2016 Future of Jobs report, many industry leaders believe that we are on the cusp of a fourth industrial revolution, one driven predominantly by advances in computing and information technologies.
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of Impact Mobile Internet and cloud technology 34 2016-2017 Advances in computing power and big data 26 2015-2017 New energy supplies and technologies 22 2015-2017 The Internet of things 14 2015-2017 Crowdsourcing, the sharing economy, and 12 Impact felt peer-to-peer platforms already Advanced robotics and autonomous transport 9 2018-2020 Artificial intelligence and machine learning 7 2018-2020 Advanced manufacturing and 3D printing 6 2015-2017 Advanced materials, biotechnology, and 6 2018-2020 genomics SOURCE World Economic Forum, 2016, The Future of Jobs: Employment Skills and Workforce Strategy for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Future_ of_Jobs.pdf. of work, including through the on-demand economy, in which workers are matched by computer to work as it becomes available.
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expected that robots and computers would "definitely" or "probably" do much of the work currently performed by humans by the year 2065. Of this same group, 80 percent expressed the expectation that their own jobs will "definitely" or "probably" still exist at that time.2 While many opinions and educated predictions have been offered, the ultimate limits of what can be automated and the rate at which automating technologies will displace existing work functions are not known.
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The discussions that follow in this report explore current technology, business, economic, and policy trends and their interactions; identify potential near-term developments; and emphasize the need to understand and track these trends and develop strategies for adapting to future developments and possible disruptions to the status quo. Rather than aiming to predict the future, this report offers evaluations of what is known, open questions to be addressed, and productive pathways forward.
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It begins by exploring the ondemand economy, contingent labor, and business dynamism, followed by a discussion of the worker experience, including demographics, organizational structures, worker protections, the role of work in our lives, and the importance of education. • Chapter 5 reviews important and emerging types and sources of data used by researchers and policy makers to track and analyze workforce trends and examine the role of technology, emphasizing the utility and challenges of working with each.
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