Earth 2050: Tag #work

2040 Munich

Planning how cities will grow means thinking way ahead. Technology like fridges, cars and of course, digital infrastructure have revolutionized how we live. And then COVID-19 brought a sudden shift to remote work. Ken Hollings’ guests in Fast Forward audio documentary episode 3 discuss our changing

# city # work

2050 Kuala Lumpur

Meta office: a place of digital equality

In 2050, bionic prostheses and implants are a common thing. People not only resort to augmentation due to life circumstances, but also deliberately improve their bodies — vision, hearing, cognitive abilities, etc. The progress in bionics has also influenced the appearance of the workplace,

# biotech # business # human # work

2050 Tunis

A couple of decades ago, ordinary people saw 3D printing as expensive entertainment. However, this technology now plays an extremely important role in production. The factories we knew have turned into giant high-precision 3D printer farms. These versatile machines create everything, from clothes and

# business # production # work

2050 Rabat

To work at great depths, deep-sea divers use pressure suits with built-in biomechanical exoskeletons. A durable carcass made of nanomaterials can protect individuals from high pressure. It also helps them feel stronger by augmenting their movements. The suit maintains a stable body temperature, compensating

# biotech # work

2050 Birmingham

Machine learning enabled by the ever increasing number-crunching power of computers, is a potentially stupendous breakthrough. That is why, by the year 2050, machines will take over much of the work of manufacturing and retail distribution. They can replace many white-collar jobs: routine legal work

# society # work # robots

2050 Silicon Valley

In the year 2030 technology will dominate the workplace with artificial intelligence and smart assistants being common place while the use of augmented and virtual reality continues to increase. Everything will be connected, "smart," and data driven. Jobs will still exist and the vast majority of us

# society # work

2040 Brasilia

For sure work will be more fun and those repetitive activities in our day to day life will probably be done by robots and artificial intelligences. Knowing programming logic will be as important as English and math. User Experience Design (UX) - for example, will be more important than other projects.

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2040 Moscow

Personal assistants have seen rapid development throughout the first half of the 21st century. To begin with, they could only answer primitive questions: in 2020 voice assistants were as dumb as a sack of hammers. But by 2025 PAs had mastered the art of recognizing and transcribing speech (with punctuation

# human # work # AI # business

2030 Tokyo

Information technology and artificial intelligence are advancing day by day. Scientists and technologists are working to improve them by leaps and bounds to make it easier for mankind to do work of all kinds, focusing on minimizing human time and effort. Various technology-rich countries' technology

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2040 Moscow

McKinsey consultants posed the question: Which professions have the highest chance of remaining in demand in 15-20 years? The study concluded that the hardest occupations to automate will be those that involve managing and training people (teaching, coaching, business training) and those that require

# work # robots

2030 Moscow

Whereas in the past people whose jobs were automated had an opportunity to retrain, now machine learning has the potential to hit all industries. Moreover, robots can adopt a variety of guises, often far removed from the familiar humanoid image found in the movies. One development trend in robotics is

# robots # work

2040 Moscow

Most people don’t waste any more time on traffic on their way to and from work. There’s no point in spending the whole day in the office. Besides, not many people have an actual office anymore — or a full-time job. The job market has significantly changed, and many jobs have disappeared. Robot cleaners

# work # society # robots

2040 Washington apartment

There will be new household services: a robot maid, cook, laundry, etc. These autonomous systems will be able to carry out a number of tasks, in the case of complex operations use the processing power of the central intelligent system, and in rare and hard cases switch to remote technical support managed

# home # work # robots # threats

2040 Barcelona

No more traffic jams and the stress of the commute! There is no sense in spending all day in the office. What is more, the majority of employees don’t have an office. If the head of department lives in Australia and his colleague is in Guatemala, this does not prevent them from working on a new mutual

# work

2040 New-York

Ambitious expectations of building a career are on their way out - by 2040 it won’t make sense to anyone. The emphasis is shifting towards small business and freelance. According to futurologists, these forms of business will form the basis of the world economy, rather than multinational corporations. The

# work # business

2030 Shanghai

We draw a company office where several people sit surrounded by servers and robots carrying out the work. The application area of portable electronic devices is expanding, which leads to an increase in the number of "paperless" offices and a reduction in jobs where people can be replaced by computers

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2030 Brasilia

Finally, officeworkers can be sure that the food they have brought for lunch won’t be eaten by anyone else - other people's food (either my mistake ormaliciously) cannot be taken from the refrigerator. This applianceis equipped with a biometric handle, which, when touched, scans fingerprints and

# work # food