Rather than seeing it as a threat, resourcing departments should consider how artificial intelligence (AI) can create access to jobs for people locked out of the labour market.
This was one of the main messages of the keynote address delivered by Gartner group vice president Dr Brian Kropp at the global research and advisory firm’s ReimagineHR conference at Westminster’s Park Plaza hotel yesterday.
Kropp gave the example of a café in Japan, which has created jobs for people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a disease that causes the death of neurons controlling voluntary muscles. ALS sufferers can control a robot from their bed, who then commutes to work on their behalf and serves customers.
Oxford Biodynamics PLC (LON:OBD) was spun out from Oxford University in June 2007 with the aim of translating fundamental scientific advances into a commercialised platform technology and a new generation of biomarkers for cancer and other diseases. OBD has been granted a substantial funding award from Innovate UK to develop and validate diagnostic, prognostic and predictive EpiSwitch™ biomarkers for ALS.