CHAPTER 6

Will Artificial Intelligence Enable a Collaborative Socioeconomic System or Entrench a Predatory System?

Stephen Willis

The Promise of Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace

The Perfect Servant

The artificial intelligence (AI) tsunami is bearing down on every process of every business in every sector of the economy. A new breed of intelligent robots is already taking over repetitive, monotonous, stressful, and dangerous tasks. Like their predecessors, the AI newcomers work tirelessly, faster, more accurately, and on a 24×7 schedule.

However, earlier stages of automation look infantile compared to current AI-driven automation. Ever-evolving AI robots are being programmed to communicate and cooperate, and increasingly take on complex ...

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