Justine Cassell, Associate Vice Provost at Carnegie Mellon University, said the advancement of technology, while scary, could foster new creativity and doesn’t necessarily mean humans will be replaced by machines.
“Certainly jobs are going to be replaced by robots, people in jobs are going to find their jobs being done by robots,” she told HuffPost Live at Davos.
“There’s not a single number of jobs, and once you get rid of jobs, they are no more,” she said.
Cassell also said she thinks the idea of having microchips implanted in humans is not a question of “if,” but “when.” She said she looks at the very recent history of medical technology, at this like prosthetic limbs, LASEK eye surgery and even contact lenses, as proof of how quickly things are developing.
Cassell said she’s sensed a “kind of moral panic” over technology at Davos, saying there’s been “so much more discussion of the risk than the opportunities this year.” But she says there are pros and cons about the growing advacements in technology.
“I enjoy the ability to leave my desk and do my work from Davos, I love the idea of, my students, for example, don’t know if I’m in my office or shopping downtown,” she said.
But she said the downfalls include the feeling that she must interact with co-workers when she may not have before, like while she’s on vacation.
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Arianna, Hugh Evans and Jordan Hewson on HuffPost Live at Davos
Hugh Evans and Jordan Hewson from Global Citizen, along with Arianna, sat down on HuffPost Live at Davos to share how HuffPost and Global Citizen are working together to help end global poverty.
Hewson, the Global Citizen Editor, announced a new feature that will allow HuffPost readers to take action to help eliminate issues like global poverty. After reading articles on HuffPost, readers can sign petitions encouraging action without ever leaving the site.
“We in the media have done a terrible job at telling the stories of what is working,” Arianna said.
“We’re committed, as you know, to putting a lot of energy, recourses into also covering what is working,” Arianna added.
Arianna said there’s nothing “journalistically incorrect” with encouraging people to take action.
New America President and CEO Anne-Marie Slaughter talks to HuffPost Live about her new blog on the on-demand economy.
Desmond-Hellmann, who sits on the board of directors at Facebook, said more must be done to include women in leadership roles.
“In corporate America and in Silicon Valley we have a lot of work to do for women to feel included, to feel like they have a seat at the table, and to have the kind of leadership roles that I’ve experienced.”
