Summer Davos Forum discusses changes brought by new technologies
"The artificial intelligence may free a doctor gradually from repetitive, tedious and low-value work," said Chen Kuan, CEO of the Infervision, an artificial intelligence startup.
LIAONING (Reuters) - Participants at the 2019 Summer Davos Forum, which opened on Monday, explored into changes to the human resources market by such new technologies as AI, big data and drones.
The three-day forum has brought together more than 1,800 politicians, business people, scholars and media representatives from over 100 countries and regions to share their thoughts and solutions on globalization in a new era in Dalian City, northeast China’s Liaoning Province.
Alain Dehaze, CEO of the Adecco Group, said: "Technology is a huge opportunity for the whole world, because it’s opening new markets, it’s fulfilling new needs. Thanks to robotics automation, the heavy jobs are disappearing, which is good because you have better quality jobs going forward."
It is generally agreed that new technologies have brought about changes in the industrial structure. Citing figures, they predicted that in the next five years, the machines and the rapid algorithms in the workplace may create 133 million new jobs and some high-risk and highly-repetitive jobs will gradually disappear and put a higher demand on new skills.
"The artificial intelligence may free a doctor gradually from repetitive, tedious and low-value work," said Chen Kuan, CEO of the Infervision, an artificial intelligence startup.
"To me, employment is, in reality, something about addition and subtraction. What is added are those creating new economic growth points. What is subtracted are those risky jobs," said Yin Zheng, president of the Schneider Electric China.
The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of the New Champions, also known as Summer Davos Forum, was established in 2007 by the World Economic Forum as a foremost global gathering on science, technology and innovation.
