Chronicle of a technological abduction (AI is coming to get you)

As reported in this article Marco Taisch, professor at the School of Management of the Politecnico di Milano and head of the Industry 4.0 Observatory, says that "With industry 4.0 "it is not true that the worker is more exploited, but is ennobled. In plant 4.0 the operator has been ennobled of his activity, because the low-level manual work is done by the machines and he does a cognitive work. Industry 4.0 is cognitive automation". It is clear that "roles change and this requires more skills", therefore, "we need to understand that the ennobling of work goes through training," explains the professor, highlighting that "we need to work on reskilling and upskilling of workers. Another aspect concerns the protection of jobs: "I do not doubt that the workers are scared and I can understand that there is a perception of threat", but "the companies that have implemented the digital transformation have become more competitive and have hired people," Taisch notes, taking as examples South Korea and Germany.