Future Tech And Foresight

In this week's episode we look at how the emerging technology of Blockchain will impact or eliminate intermediary jobs in different sectors.

This episode looks at how both Augmented and Virtual reality will impact jobs in the future as well as today. Current applications are looked at too.

A look at autonomous vehicles (in cars, planes, boats and trains), and how they will impact jobs in the future. Today all forms of transport are starting to implement self-driving systems and this will lead to massive shifts to both primary as well as secondary jobs within the transportation industry.

A First Look at robots and their impact on jobs. Industrial robots are looked at in part 1, and service robots are looked at in part 2. Modern industrial robotics fit within the industry 4.0 trend and first generation robots have led to second generation collaborative robots (cobots).

A look at Artificial Intelligence, and how both present and future applications can impact jobs. AI has the potential to radically alter the job sector, both within a short time frame as well as a more distant one as well.

A look at the second perspective within the discussion of automation and jobs, namely that with new technology comes new industries and new jobs Additional Notes: Great article looking at transformation from horses

First Full Podcast Episode! This episode explores the concept of Technological Unemployment and how discussions of automation and the impact of jobs typically end in two different points of view.

Welcome to the Future Tech and Foresight Podcast, where a diverse range of emerging technologies and their future consequences will be explored via discussions with technology leaders, researchers, futurists etc. The Podcast was previously known as the automated podcast but it has been updated and re-branded to go beyond automation, technological unemployment and the future of work (though this will of course still be considered)

I’ll get into why the rebranding happened in a bit but first I wanted to set the stage for why a podcast like this is important. I hope the intro with the clips of some well known futurists gave a hint as to its importance but let’s look a bit deeper.