27a - reading reflection 3



The book I chose for my final reading reflection is Makers: The New Industrial Revolution written by Chris Anderson. The general theme of the book is that we are heading through the 3rd industrial revolution in society, but this time it involves digital manufacturing. In essence, robots and AI machinery are the centerpiece of this revolution because they are cheaper, work nonstop, have an endless supply of workers and have no human error associated with them.


This book connected with this class because when starting a business one of the things that is brought up that is valuable to a business is human capital. While there will be a human who starts the business and will be working behind the curtain while the machines work (at least for now) replacing workers with machines could really impact the landscape of business.


An assignment we can do for this class is have a short opinionated paper where the students voice their opinion as to whether they support or are against the implementation of AI and robots in the workforce.


I didn’t realize how big the plans are for AI and machinery. As a normal consumer you don’t realize how much involvement machines already play in operating society. Additionally the fact that they will become even involved in the future can be a little concerning as who knows how advanced these machines will get. I’m not saying everything will end up like Terminator, but I feel as though a lot of people's jobs will be at stake and society will become completely digitized.

Comments

  1. Janzen RichApril 17, 2020 at 4:41 PM

    Thanks for sharing Marcus. While I didn’t get to read it, this book and concept is interesting and valuable for anyone looking to start a business in the near future. AI in the workplace solves a lot of human labor problems but also creates a lot of issues related to skilled and unskilled work and employment. It will be interesting to see what develops over the next decade and how quickly these technologies advance.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Janine SantiagoApril 17, 2020 at 6:49 PM

    Hi Marcus, great post! I did not get to read this book, but now I want to as I find this topic very interesting. I definitely agree that robots and AI are going to play a huge factor in businesses of the future. Something I like to consider when I think about this topic is how this will affect my value in the job market. I can learn how to pivot my skills to something that is irreplaceable by a robot.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

29a - venture concept 2

Image
Part I Opportunity: The opportunity I noticed was that I was tired of having to constantly use dull razors to shave, or be forced to go out and spend time and money buying new ones. My facial hair grows out fast and I like to stay relatively clean shaven, so repeatedly buying new razors is not really an option when you shave as much, and have as little money as I do. People who find themselves shaving often, and don’t have the time and money to buy new razors all the time are the people who would be in need of a product to solve their problem. Furthermore, there are many demographics and/or geographic who may be affected by this issue, because people of all ages and genders who have the need to shave could use a product that solves the problem. Shaving and more broadly personal care is a huge industry and having a product that solves the problem of razors becoming dull too quickly seems to be a big opportunity that could last for a long time. Innovation: The product that I came up with...
Read more

Identifying Local Opportunites

Marcus Manzoni ENT3003 January, 28, 2020 Identifying Local Opportunities Article 1: Title: N.Y. plastic grocery bag ban starts March 1, some fear confusion, loopholes Link: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Plastic-grocery-bag-ban-is-just-over-a-month-15008488.php Description of story: There will be a plastic bag ban in New York starting on March 1st to help protect the environment. With this ban most stores will begin to charge a few cents for paper bags, but there is a loophole that if the plastic bag is thick enough it will be considered reusable. While it's better for the environment, some are worried about the transition and the cost of paper bags. Description of problem: plastics bags are being banned and people are going to be charged for paper bags in New York. Who has the problem: New York citizens, grocery stores, government officials Article 2: Title: Getting There: Thruway tolls may soon be completely cashless & more expensive Link: https://www.timesunio...
Read more

Halfway Reflection

Image
Marcus Manzoni ENT3003 February 25, 2020 Halfway Reflection 1.To keep up with this course, my best strategy has been doing the assignments at the very beginning of the week. The assignments are mostly easy but they are definitely tedious and can be time consuming depending on the requirements, so I prefer doing them on a Monday or Tuesday just so they aren’t hanging over my head the rest of the week. 2.I have never really wanted to “give up” per se, but I have had times where I was frustrated with the class. The first was when for one of the earlier assignments I forgot to declare the comments I made for the post, which is a process I never had to do before and I was not accustomed to doing so. Even though I did the work, because I didn’t declare I lost points and that is frustrating. The second thing that has tested my compliance has been the assignments that require interviews. I do not enjoy these assignments because they can be a lot of work and I don’t like conducting...
Read more