AI & The Future of Work | Volker Hirsch | TEDxManchester

The robots are coming. We (as in the people who attend TED talks and things) tend to think we will probably be fine. You know, knowledge folks and all. We might not be. What will be our coping mechanisms? What can we do to be OK?

Volker Hirsch is not afraid of placing his faith in concepts that others consider “niche”.

He has championed mobile and games for more than 15 years as an angel investor, founder, and advisor. He helped launch the world’s first mobile music services, published games on tiny black and white mobile phones and - damningly - used the term “gamification” as early as 2006. Today his focus is on education, Internet of Things (IoT) and – still – games.

Blackberry’s former Global Head of Business Development is now a founder of several companies, including software development house Blue Beck, and IoT venture programme builder Quantified Ventures. He is also a venture partner at leading EdTech accelerator Emerge Education, and the chairman of knowledge content recommendation system Bibblio.

[alexandj]

Made with love, emotional value, love what you create, empathy, genuine creativity, critical thought - will remain human after digital transformation.

[christopherhunt-walker]

Good overview. We need more of the conversation around restructuring society, and we need to have that sooner than later.

[alfredoalo]

Creativity, Critical thought, emphathy, LOVE

[MrTommys-wcqw]

That truck going on the roads of nevada by itself is secretly Optimus Prime

[kabakiAntony]

Watching this in 2024, it is interesting how so much has changed within a span of seven years.

[sreyna]

We are pushing ourselves out of existence .

[alexjordon]

Knowledge is power within context now and forever.

[ablebody]

great tedx enjoyed it totally. hope to see more.

[affixedgroup]

The purpose of Factory Automation is to free the line operator to focus on tasks that require greater thought. The goal is to advance people AND production.

[thechristiancowboy]

"When I was younger, I studied to be a lawyer, but I am safe now, because I fled from that practice of being a lawyer" Not a peep from the audience, that remark deserved on laugh. These kids are geniuses...

[donataspimpasas]

I was trying to figure out what profession to pursue for a year or so. This is the best talk that answered question what jobs there will be available in near future

[peterwinkelmann]

EEEEYYY I'm listening in from Auckland, New Zealand!

[stxflyer]

My first IBM mainframe had 98k, no keyboard, no monitor, punch card program input, 18 tape drives for storage. We ran an 18, 000 person, 7 days, 24 hours factory.

[renestjacques]

much appreciated .. thank you Volker Hirsch ..!!

[maroindefinitlyhuman]

Here from the future. Creativity is already under attack.

[anzoraslanukov]

You cannot win against technology





But you can win WITH technology!

[aileenpi]

Machines will take our jobs and they do amazing things; somehow we still have trouble with the clicker of the projector

[RedSunFX]

15:08 I'm not a native speaker but I'm fairly sure that they did a typo in "ecucation"

[wireless]

I remember when shopping trolly/carts were collected by high school drop-outs. Thanks to digital disruption, the little box and chain on a shopping trolly, that locks them together, where people want their dollar back, means 10 guys who used to drag those carts from all over the place, have been replaced by one guy who drives the trailer from a collection point.
That's digital disruption at its least.
I work in I.T and I have to learn something new every few months. From my perspective, I'm watching blacksmiths, carters and scribes debate quantum physics and nuclear theory.
Learn that you'll be replaced and that learning something new is the only option we all have left.

[creamroll]

He is like gaining power when he says uum.?