Tesla built a factory in California which was dubbed as the first ever which was to be completely devoid of humans. However, once production began, it was soon realized that the numbers fell well short of that which was desired. So, the management then took the decision to reintroduce people. In this there is a lesson, that even in the most advanced AI-driven businesses, there is no substitute for genuine people power. Just as the internet brought in newer jobs such as SEO engineer or web designer, the age of digitization too is ushering in new roles. Tesla itself has advertised for or already hired professionals dubbed as deep learning scientists, robot engineers, prediction engineers and battery-algorithm engineers. The talent recruitment systems of companies will need to be devised in such a way now to get people with these specific skill sets. Companies will also need to invest heavily on corporate training to reskill or retrain existing staff. Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla has now admitted how excess automation was a mistake. Errors have now been reduced substantially since people got added to the mix.

Source:https://hbr.org/2018/08/why-even-ai-powered-factories-will-have-jobs-for-humans?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=hbr&utm_medium=social

Uploaded Date:25 August 2018