MIT’s Yossi Sheffi examines AI and the future of work

“Every industrial revolution had its case of people resisting the application of technology,” Yossi Sheffi said, noting that as early as 1750 when UK textile factories moved to machines to make their goods, people have been worried about being replaced by technology.

He said the assembly line threatened jobs during the Second Industrial Revolution. Then came the Third Industrial Revolution, WiFi, laptops and smartphones, and now we have connected devices.

“When we talk about it in general [terms], we talk about conversational computing, we talk about AI - people and machines are getting integrated,” he said.

Sheffi, who recently published a book on the topic, “The Magic Conveyor Belt: Supply Chains, AI, and the Future of Work,” offered his insights during his recent keynote address at the recent Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM) conference in Louisville.

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