The technologies that are emerging today already make it possible to more aptly match the right work to the right person regardless of their gender, age or geographic location. How will the new techs shift work challenges?
Society: “Silent walks” good for mental health. Physicians don’t do 25% of US health care. Waldenponding. Weight loss drug sales soar. Views into the 2030 futures of work [PDF]. Private equity has a 20% market share. Kindness at work does pay off.
Tech: Nature and openaccess research. AI used for connecting to the deceased - from Fred Kurzweil. Change management in an AI time.
AI: A couple of good reads from the AI Safety summit : Capabilities and Risks [PDF], Futures Risks of Frontier AI [PDF], Safety and Security Risks of GenAI to 2025 [PDF].
More AI risks this week: Biden executive order on AI. OpenAI Preparedness team. AI replacing sales and customer care teams, in one company.
AI for fun: Grammarly can learn your writing style. Why reading books when you can talk with them.
The UK’s skilled workforce is clearly underutilised, but America’s far better results with a similarly sized and skilled labour pool suggest Britain is burdened with weak demand for valuable skills, not oversupply of skills. The correction needs to be through the supply of suitable jobs.