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Michelle
Michelle
9/25/2017 2:43:17 PM
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Re: Skeptical
I just want to add a bit about modern HR offices. I suspect many already function as if a machine is involved in day-to-day tasks. Many departments aren't actually helpful to employees and offer zero solutions to serious internal issues. Perhaps the machines can do a better job in the end...

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dcawrey
dcawrey
9/22/2017 12:26:19 PM
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Re: Skeptical
Some good points about HR here. 

Look, some of the issues with a lack of tech talent has to come from HR. I think it's time to start thinking differently about people in IT. As long as someone is capable, they can be trained on new technologies. 

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elizabethv
elizabethv
9/22/2017 8:34:09 AM
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Re: Skeptical
@afwriter - exactly! I don't see automation is the end-all-be-all idea. I think there will always be need and room for a human employee. At the end of the day, we're smarter than computers, even if they know more calculus. They still can't think critically or factor in small details a machine would never be privvy to. 

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elizabethv
elizabethv
9/22/2017 8:29:29 AM
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Re: Automation Boon
clrmoney - I don't think automation can take as many jobs as people fear. At the end of the day, people are still going to be the consumers, and we aren't going to consume from robots all the time. Like how a lot of companies were using automated systems to answer their phones for awhile, but as people have become more and more disenfranchised with automated phone services, companies have been getting rid of it more and more. 

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afwriter
afwriter
9/21/2017 11:10:16 PM
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Re: Skeptical
This came off a little anti-automation. I am not against the idea of automation, I think it will help in a lot of places, but I don't think it is the end-all-be-all...yet. 

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faryl
faryl
9/21/2017 10:12:35 PM
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Re: Skeptical
I'm all for automation if it means relying less on human interaction for assistance though!

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DHagar
DHagar
9/21/2017 8:09:34 PM
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Re: Skeptical
@afwriter, good analysis!  The key will be how smart we are in designing and using automation.  If we make it an either/or proposition we will get limited results.  If we design it to improve processes with automation to augment the employees, we may get the best of both worlds.

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mpouraryan
mpouraryan
9/21/2017 1:49:42 PM
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Re: Skeptical
..some "further food 4 thought" for all to reflect upon as I wish all a great rest of the week and for all in the US, a restful W-End:

http://news.sky.com/story/ai-machines-will-replace-teachers-claims-wellington-college-head-11029135

 

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mpouraryan
mpouraryan
9/21/2017 12:42:36 PM
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Re: Skeptical
Automoation is a reality whether we like it or not--I just "dropped in"to join the latest Live Session whereby the Level3 Speaker underscore how they continue to focus on automating thousands of human manual tasks a month.....

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afwriter
afwriter
9/21/2017 12:00:43 PM
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Skeptical
Even after reading this I remain skeptical that Automation would be a "boon." I think it is something that we will all eventually get used to, but I feel like if you have to give it a sales pitch it isn't as great as you are making it out to be. 

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