Expert: AI equivalent to find one million intern

The Wall Street Journal reported on the 10th that research firm Gartner pointed out that the overall market for human resources and workforce management software has grown by 23% over the past two years and this year it is estimated at 11.5 billion U.S. dollars. It is estimated that it will grow another 25% by 2020.

Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, a professor of business psychology at the University College London, said managers are primarily tasked with finding potential talent, setting up teams, assigning tasks, measuring performance, and giving advice, saying that in general humans are not Very good at someday we may not need managers anymore in the future.

Economists reported on the 7th that the AI-related acquisitions / mergers and acquisitions completed by global companies reached 21.3 billion U.S. dollars so far in 2017 (up to December 4), up 26 times from 2015, according to Pitchbook. Pointed out that AI talent is far less than the data or computing performance Benedict Evans, an analyst with Andreessen Horowitz, said having an AI is like finding one million interns who can be sent on demand. Can find the right AI talent, equivalent to the labor force showed a multiple growth.

For example, about three-fourths of Netflix users watch videos from an automated suggestion list; more than a third of Amazon's sales are AI recommendations. Machine learning also allows Amazon's online and physical operations have become more efficient.The company's logistics center owns 80,000 robots and sorts inventory through AI.As far as fresh orders are concerned, Amazon uses computer vision to identify the maturity of strawberries, To decide which batch of fruit should be delivered to the customer.

According to the estimates of the National Center for Education and Statistics, less than 60,000 graduates were in computer and information science-related fields last year, but the number of relevant U.S. vacancies currently approaches 500,000.

Nikkei Asia Review reported that Ken Miyauchi, president of SoftBank Group, said on October 27 that there are currently 18,000 employees in SoftBank. After boosting operational efficiency through AI, only half the estimated number of employees in three years Miyauchi expressed his hope that by that time, 9,000 people could be transferred to new businesses.

Brian Krzanich, chief executive of Intel Corporation, said in an editorial released in the News Web site in September that while AI is still in its infancy, Intel is optimistic that this emerging technology may have a profound impact on society, employment and daily life With a pragmatic view.

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