From the course: DJ Patil: Ask Me Anything
How can we address the fear of machines taking jobs?
From the course: DJ Patil: Ask Me Anything
How can we address the fear of machines taking jobs?
(upbeat music) - [Interviewer] And another type of fear I've seen a lot is that machines are going to take our jobs. How do you address something like that as a data scientist? - Well one of the things that we did have to do under the Obama administration and under the directives of the President was to directly ask how is data going to transform our society. Good, the bad, the ugly, all of it. Great opportunity, great challenges and there's a number of reports that the White House produced under the Obama administration that are public and I encourage people to go and download them. The parts of one of the ones that we produced is great opportunity, great risk. What is the good, the bad that happened with it. Another one that came up as a result was this question around as AI was gaining popularity, as a term there's questions about sentience is when do we have to worry about this? Do we have to worry about it right now, what are the implications? And so we took a look at that and it isn't a concern that we have to have right at this moment around Skynet and sentient beings and those type of things but what we do have to be greatly concerned about is the broader arch of how automation and machines and AI are coming together with regard to job displacement. So just as we have with global trade policies and other things we are having a great shift in the way manufacturing is produced. But also at the same time we're seeing a wave of automation that is incredibly powerful but they are big consequences to the people who are in those jobs. Most of the time people love to talk about well what happens when self-driving cars become a reality what happens to those drivers. That's a good lens but there's many other cases that are happening far faster right now. The jobs of a bank teller. Not just a bank teller, turns out if you look at the jobs of the holistic bank, many of those jobs, because they're process one to process two to process three, with logic in between one of those, those are actually incredibly well suited for overall automation. Customer service centers, all of this. So how do we people transition, who are really great at those areas go to other domains. And there's estimates that are very high for many of them jobs that are what are referred to as minimal wage. Those could be all automated. In China, we're seeing that plants, where Foxccon and others have traditionally been known for having massive factory workers are moving to automation. And so what happens to those workers? So this isn't just a thing for the United States, this is a worldwide question overall of how do we address this and that problem is just similar like we had during the Industrial Revolution is one that's happening now. We have the answer the question of not what do we do with those people, what do we do for those people? Because we have to bridge them into the next set of industrial movements. (upbeat music)
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What were you like as a kid?3m 17s
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How did your parents influence you?1m 55s
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How did you navigate college?4m 7s
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What are some fond memories from grad school?2m 45s
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How can we foster learning for everyone?5m 9s
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What's the importance of learning liberal arts?2m 30s
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What advice do you have for job seekers?3m 23s
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How did data science come about?4m 8s
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What does it take to be a data scientist?4m 1s
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Why is apprenticeship important?3m 41s
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How can a data scientist influence policy?2m 20s
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How can I prepare for data science in college?4m 56s
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How can hackathons benefit me?1m 30s
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How did you use data in grad school?2m 15s
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How is data used in the US?3m 55s
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How is data used worldwide?1m 38s
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How do you expose holes in cybersecurity?3m 32s
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How can we educate people about hacking?2m 30s
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What are the real threats to personal data?4m 6s
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Should we focus on media headlines?1m 39s
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How can we educate people about data use?3m 34s
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How can people fight for data privacy?2m 46s
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What's the role of the data scientist in 15 years?4m 30s
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What are you working on currently?3m 31s
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How can we make data secure?3m 26s
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How to serve the people with data science?1m 47s
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What's the difference between wisdom and experience?1m 54s
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How do you advocate for science?2m 3s
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What is the role of AI in today's world?2m 54s
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What's an example of ethical hacking?2m 9s
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How do you bring data science into the workplace?2m 29s
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What is the role of AI in human resources and recruiting?3m 3s
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What are tools every data scientist should own?2m 44s
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Is there a data science code of ethics?4m 6s
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What are AI threats in the cybersecurity world?4m 38s
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How can data scientists better inform the general public?1m 30s
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How can people participate in data science?2m 31s
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Why do people fear a machine revolution?2m 18s
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How can data inform healthcare?1m 31s
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Why should we democratize data?2m 14s
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How are you advocating for science?3m 9s
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Why is the march for science important?3m 42s
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What is AI?1m 37s
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What is an example of robust machine learning?4m 31s
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What is AI's place in healthcare?3m 29s
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How can AI impact clinical trials?3m 22s
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How can a data scientist be best leveraged for business?1m 28s
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What does a data science team need to thrive?2m 56s
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What are the pros and cons with AI in HR roles?3m 27s
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What should be in a data scientist's toolbox?3m 23s
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What makes up a good data science team?2m 3s
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What new projects are you working on?2m 51s
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What data science projects are you working on?1m 40s
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How can AI and machine learning (ML) help cybersecurity?3m 54s
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How can governments fight back against AI attacks?3m 5s
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What can the public do to protect against AI attacks?1m 14s
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What are neural networks (NN)?2m 8s
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What's the difference between ML and NN?1m 42s
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Do you have a favorite machine learning technique?1m 7s
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How does the Internet of Things work?1m 38s
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What is a connected city?3m 3s
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What is the fear associated with data?2m 30s
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How can we address the fear of machines taking jobs?3m 20s
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What about job loss due to AI?1m 43s
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What's the reality of bringing back jobs?1m 50s
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What is a scientific process for data science?2m 46s
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What is your tip for not getting overwhelmed by big data?1m 40s
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How do you accept that you're not going to know stuff?2m 38s
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What is a dynamic range?2m 1s
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When does data leave holes?3m 8s
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How important is diversity on a data science team?2m 13s
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How does data influence people's emotions?4m 15s
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How do you train yourself to be intellectually curious?2m 20s
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How do we empower people to foster dialogue?3m 33s
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What is your philosophy on leadership?2m 56s
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How can a company retain employees?3m 42s
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How do you cultivate employee development?3m 18s
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How do you identify algorithmic biases?2m 46s
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Can you describe the process of ethical testing?2m 46s
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How do you feel about machine learning for business decisions?1m 52s
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Can you talk about your book?4m 10s
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What are possible solutions for displacement?2m 23s
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What impact does technology have on the US economy?3m 2s
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Can you discuss the future of intelligent things?3m 26s
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What are the current issues with data collection?2m 10s
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How is technology changing human expectations?1m 7s
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Wrapping up1m 5s
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