Robert Atkinson > Quotes

“Gordon dismissed the productivity potential of autonomous cars, failing to understand that the reduction in accidents and the decrease in traffic jams would generate an estimated $1 trillion in annual savings to the US economy.”
― Robert Atkinson, Don't Fear AI

“Economic Advisors also used the Oxford data and found that 83% of jobs making less than $20 per hour would come under pressure from automation, as compared to 31% of jobs making between $20 and $40 per hour and just 4% of jobs making above $40 per hour.”
― Robert Atkinson, Don't Fear AI

“Scandinavian nations have, which commits not to ensure that workers will never get laid off, but to minimise the number of workers at risk; and then, for those who are laid off, provide support so they can make successful and expeditious transitions.”
― Robert Atkinson, Don't Fear AI

“Advanced economies have experienced so far five technology-powered waves: 1. the steam engine starting in the 1780s and 1790s; 2. iron in the 1840s and 1850s; 3. steel and electricity in the 1890s and 1900s; 4. electromechanical and chemical technologies in the 1950s and 1960s; and 5. information technology and communications technology of the 1990s and 2000s.”
― Robert Atkinson, Don't Fear AI

“As robotics expert and entrepreneur Rodney Brooks writes, “having ideas is easy. Turning them into reality is hard. Turning them into being deployed at scale is even harder.”
― Robert Atkinson, Don't Fear AI

“Columnist Kevin Drum, writing in Mother Jones, a progressive American magazine, goes even further, predicting that all jobs will be gone in 40 years.”
― Robert Atkinson, Don't Fear AI

“While the past wave of automation had larger impacts on middle-wage jobs, both in services and manufacturing, it looks likely that the next wave will have significantly larger impacts on lower-wage and lower-skill occupations.”
― Robert Atkinson, Don't Fear AI

“Six technologies look like candidates for the next innovation wave: the Internet of things, advanced robotics, block chain, new materials, autonomous devices, and artificial intelligence. Perhaps artificial intelligence is the most important one.”
― Robert Atkinson, Don't Fear AI

“a European Commission study estimated that 40% of EU workers are overqualified for the jobs they hold.”
― Robert Atkinson, Don't Fear AI

“Martin Ford, author of The Rise of the Robots, speaks for many when he predicts “75% unemployment by 2100.”
― Robert Atkinson, Don't Fear AI

“Affordable cars, where humans can go on a long, complicated trip asleep in the backseat, are decades away.”
― Robert Atkinson, Don't Fear AI

“if this next wave of innovation follows prior technological trajectories, the technologies will likely experience rapid price declines and significant performance improvements over the next decade.”
― Robert Atkinson, Don't Fear AI

“The sixth wave will no doubt affect many industries, processes, and occupations, but many will remain largely untouched, at least in terms of automation: education, healthcare, sports and law-making for example. Artificial intelligence won’t replace doctors in the near future, but it will help them make better diagnoses and treatment decisions.”
― Robert Atkinson, Don't Fear AI

“fully dexterous robotic hands are not likely to be in the market before 2030 or even 2040.”
― Robert Atkinson, Don't Fear AI