These 6 skills cannot be replicated by artificial intelligence | Future of Work - World Economic Forum

This article is part of the The Jobs Reset Summit

• Mass unemployment will occur because of robotics and AI.
• Hospitality, management and creativity cannot be substituted by AI.
• We need to acquire and refine more sophisticated abilities in these areas.

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The COVID-19 crisis is going to accelerate a number of changes and transformations in human society. Notably, the pandemic is expected to significantly accelerate the Fourth Industrial Revolution, insist Hiroshi Tasaka, Professor, Tama University.

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Self-driving cars will eliminate many jobs
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This is because the coronavirus crisis forced people to stay at home and minimize contact to contain the spread of infection. As a result, contactless technology will become even more widespread in society. 

The technologies that will disseminate fastest are in digital transformation (DX), including online conferencing, virtual reality and augmented reality (VR and AR), robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI), drones and automated driving. It was the Fourth Industrial Revolution that supported the rapid development of all these technologies.

So, what are the consequences of this acceleration the Fourth Industrial Revolution caused by the coronavirus crisis?...

This profound crisis and fast-paced revolution are expected to result in the elimination of many jobs in the coming years, and highly skilled professionals are not immune from this predicament.

Unless both nations and businesses extend full support to their citizens and employees to acquire these six abilities, we will not be able to move past the upcoming era of massive unemployment.

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Source: World Economic Forum