The Need For Responsibility In Discussing The Future of Work

A recent report by the Royal Society into machine learning highlighted the importance of good PR when it comes to AI and the various risks and benefits associated with it.  In my opinion, it calls not only for the industry to talk wisely on the topic, but also on the press to do their job and properly research stories.

A good example came recently via the BBC, where an article was headlined by “Automation poses a high risk to 1.2m Scottish jobs, report says”.  The report in question was a paper released by the IPPR that explored the impact of technology on jobs in Scotland, and in turn on the changing skills landscape we are likely to see in the future.

This paper was itself a more focused version of a similar paper published earlier in the year that explored the same issues from a UK wide perspective.

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