AI/ML will drive a Robotics/Automation of Everything boom

[Arthur Hanson]

It will take some time, but AI/ML will soon drive a robotics boom/revolution as it will give automation and robotics a flexibility to do tasks and change tasks at a rate that couldn't even imagined just a few years ago. As technicians and engineers worldwide start to realize the potential this opens in what automation can do in everything from creating entirely new markets to revolutionizing mature markets. This will apply to everything from the professions to manual tasks. This boom will feed on itself and create disruptions few have even imagined. I feel the largest amount of change will be in the short time span of the next five years and compound on itself to create an entirely different world from the one we live in now. If not handled properly the economic disruptions could literally decimate many fields, professions and even cities and countries that don't adapt. This will be among the fastest, largest change in human history. I just hope the conflicts can be managed so they aren't destructive. This will take a level of wisdom combined with intelligence that few have, certainly not many of the world's politicians. I know publications such as SemiWiki are an ideal place to start for the readers have been working in fields of accelerating change which I have called "The Great Acceleration" in the past. This trend will compound at a rate few can even imagine at this point in time. Any thoughts or comments sought and appreciated. Jensen Huang of Nvidia understands this, but I feel even he is underestimating what is going to happen. This will literally be a nuclear explosion of social, business and industrial change with great opportunities and dangers. The hand held computer/phone will be our initial interface, combined with the smart watch that is rapidly becoming the interface to our bodies with an ever increasing set of sensors and functions that will also be AI/ML driven.

Any thoughts, comments or additions sought and welcome.