Jobs will be born out of human-artificial intelligence interface: UK varsity leader - Times of India

KOLKATA: Interface between artificial intelligence and humans will have to be meaningfully leveraged to generate jobs in future, according to Alice P Gast, president of Imperial College, London. In Kolkata to deliver a keynote address at a CII meet on Monday, Gast - an acclaimed researcher, scholar and academic leader - pointed out that computers will soon have to be turned into collaborators for work rather than mere tools to carry out tasks. Graduates must now be trained for'jobs that don't yet exist', she felt. "Artificial intelligence and robotics have already started replacing people, particularly in manufacturing type jobs. We should now look into new areas where there could be an interaction between the two. Human-machine interface will have to be seriously explored and university courses should be now designed to meet that challenge. Jobs in future will perhaps be more analytical and collaborative. Computers will be something you won't just be working with, but collaborating with," said Gast.