Week 2 - MBA 6101 - Surfing the Tsunami

As technology advances AI will be integrated into daily tasks. Cars have started to have self-driving mode, vacuum cleaners can be set to memorize a floor plan and vacuum a house, and the use of AI for facial recognition software for phones. All of these and other AI developments over the last decade has changed the way we live. The common fear discussed in "Surfing the Tsunami" is the potential job loss. Jobs are lost and created in cycles depending on the technology of the time. Elevator operators, switchboard operators, and street lighter have become obsolete over time with new technology. Even though their jobs were lost, new jobs were created. It is important as a highly industrialized and technological society that workers retrain and learn new skills to adjust to the times.



Some may argue that it is unfair that the job field they entered is disappearing. This argument is invalid because continued training in any profession is needed to stay in that field. My field of nursing has changed drastically over the last fifty years. I specialized in cardiac surgery. If you took a cardiac surgical nurse from fifty years ago to today, you would see drastic differences because technology has changed. AI has been incorporated into the modern nurse's workflow as reminders when medications are due, automatically displaying vital signs and adding them to the flowsheet, and IV pumps with smart technology to alert when bags of medicine run empty.

Retraining is not easy and can be distressing to some. It is an opportunity to learn about a new topic and excel in that field. Google and Amazon are currently offering programs to train people to work for them after completing the courses. It is a chance to change jobs and find a new passion. 



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