The time when only the simple activities were automated is a thing of the past. Today, artificial intelligence is increasingly finding its way into classical knowledge work. The highly qualified jobs of well-educated people are …
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Toys, not calculators!
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Artificial Intelligence: Are We All Going Stupid and Unemployed?
Companies of all kinds today use artificial intelligence, to forecast demand, hire workers or meet customer needs to be identified. Artificial intelligence is a billion-dollar business. Google even stated that AI will change more for …
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Working agile – but how?
It was not so long ago that employees did not have to think a lot. They were assigned tasks, which they completed according to priority. This world still exists – parallel to the newly emerging …
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Work 4.0 – but medieval in mind?
Before the invention of the steam engine was the age of the craft guilds. There was hardly a company where more than twenty people worked together. First large companies The exceptions were the companies that …
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Rebellion of the rulers or grapes in winter?
For many of us born in the sixties or earlier, it was not common to be able to buy strawberries and grapes at Christmas. In the sixties and seventies of the last century, global supply …
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Trade unions: With new tasks to increase membership?
Are you a member of a workers’ association? Is there an organization that represents your interests? Probably not. In the past, trade unions were much more important than they are today At that time, when …
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New economy – but old work?
Work today takes place in a completely new framework. It is not only becoming more flexible and self-determined, but also more insecure, believes US sociologist Richard Sennett. He believes that the new flexibility destroys the …
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Why work less?
The futurologist Horst Opaschowski puts forward the thesis that we used to be poor when we had no work. Today, on the other hand, we are poor even though we work. By that he means …
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Work 4.0 – the shoe pinches!
Like a pair of kids’ shoes that have gotten too small. Work in Germany Technology has changed our everyday life rapidly Our media consumption, our products – everything has been revolutionized by digitalization. The 20th …