New Tech & Automation Visions Conference 2019

1. NEW TECH & AUTOMATION
Visions 2019
Dr Ronald Day

2. NEW TECH AND AUTOMATION
TOPICS
• Areas of concern
• Robotics
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning
• Internet of Things (IoT)
• Facial recognition and super computers
• 5G telecommunications
• Disappearing jobs
• New and safe jobs
• How will OHS work change?

3. AREAS OF CONCERN
Issues
• Automation is expanding
and people are losing
their jobs.
• New training schemes
and new jobs are needed
• A “living wage” for all has
been suggested.

4. AREAS OF CONCERN
Issues
Driverless trains,
aircraft, and vehicles
already exist.
Taxis, trucks, ambulances,
and delivery vehicles
will become driverless.

5. AREAS OF CONCERN
Boeing will begin
testing pilotless
flights next year.
Currently pilots only
control a plane for
10-15% of a flight.

6. AREAS OF CONCERN
Issues
Driverless technologies
are not free of accidents.
The brakes failed on this
high speed automated
train in Spain.

7. AREAS OF CONCERN
Personal Issues
• The SIA (Safety Institute of Australia) is now AIHS (Australian
Institute for Health and Safety)
• Timely move because people losing their jobs through
automation will suffer mental stresses and strains. Health
problems will increase and OHS staff will need to respond.

8. ROBOTICS
• In most car assembly
plants around the
world robots have
replaced humans.

9. ROBOTICS
• The rise of robot authors:
Is the writing on the wall
for human novelists?

10. ROBOTICS
• There probably won’t be too many robots
in the classroom.
• There are already thousands of online
courses.
• Teacher numbers will fall.

11. ROBOTICS
• Robotic construction
workers are beginning
to replace humans.

12. ROBOTIC HELPERS
• ASIMO (Advanced Step
in Innovative MObility)
has been around since
2000. It can walk and run,
play sport, dance and
serve you a drink.
Honda began working
on robots in the 1980’s.

13. ROBOTIC HELPERS
• Some robots
handle dangerous
events such as
bomb disposal.
• This is a fire fighting
robot that heads
for the hottest part
of a fire.

14. ROBOTIC HELPERS
• Dominos pizzas are already delivered
by robot in Germany.
• Dominos Australia says they will
deliver pizzas by robot in six months.
• The robot was called DRU (Domino’s
Robotic Unit), but is now called DOM.

15. ROBOTIC HELPERS
• Robotic ‘surgeons’ have steadier ‘hands’
that human surgeons.
• They already do precise brain surgery.

16. ROBOTIC HELPERS
• Even sheep dogs
and cattle dogs
will soon be out
of a job.

17. FLYING ROBOTS - DRONES
• In 2016 the first delivery
of pizza by drone took
place in New Zealand.
• Drone delivery of other
small parcels is also
being trialled.

18. FLYING ROBOTS - DRONES
• Drone carrying
a machine gun.
• These drones are
designed for
close quarter
fighting in streets.

19. FLYING ROBOTS - DRONES
• Russian strike
drone.
• These can fly very
fast and carry
serious weapons.

20. SAILING DRONES
• Drone naval craft
are being developed
for the US navy.
• They are currently
undergoing tests
before deployment.

21. WORKING WITH ROBOTS
• Amazon warehouses are dangerous
places for workers.
• This cage design has been patented
to protect them.
• Workers have been killed by impact
from robots

22. WORKING WITH ROBOTS
From an Amazon warehouse
“The third and fourth floors are so hot that I sweat through my
shirts even when it’s freezing cold outside . We have asked
the company to provide air conditioning…
…but the company told us the robots cannot work in cold
weather.”

23. BOTS – (WEB ROBOTS)
• Robotic Process Automation (RPA) produces ‘Bots’.
• A Bot is a software application that runs automated tasks
over the Internet. Bots perform tasks that are both simple
and structurally repetitive, at a much higher rate than is
possible for a human.
• Some bots are "good" –while others can be used to launch
malicious attacks, most notably, in political campaigns.

24. BOTS – (WEB ROBOTS)
• Quote from Bots supplier to an employer
• Bots eliminate labour intensive tasks, freeing up valuable
human resources …
…to focus on activities that help organisations differentiate
themselves from competitors.

25. BOTS – (WEB ROBOTS)
• Types of Bots
• Probots follow simple, repeatable rules to process data.
• Knowbots search the internet to gather and store user-
specified information.
• Chatbots are virtual agents who can respond to customer
queries in real time.

26. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)
AND MACHINE LEARNING
• Garry Kasparov was
beaten by Deep Blue,
a super computer with
the power to analyse
200 million board
positions per second.

27. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)
AND MACHINE LEARNING
• Stock market trading floors around the world have fallen
silent.
• People have been replaced by banks of super computers
that trade automatically, particularly in crypto-currencies.
• Trades happen faster and faster.
• ‘Flash crashes’ happen in response to bad news items.

28. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)
AND MACHINE LEARNING
• AI is now used to identify potential employees who:
Embrace change
Can withstand the pressures of the modern work environment
Will create a positive environment for others.

29. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)
AND MACHINE LEARNING
• LG (Sth. Korea) is to
develop a smart cart
for Korean supermarkets
that will follow
customers instead of
having to be pushed.

30. FACIAL RECOGNITION AND AI
• Traffic authorities in
Shenzhen (China)
use facial vision and AI
to identify jaywalkers.
Fines are sent
immediately by text.
• Similar technology is
being considered for
Kings Cross, Sydney.

31. FACIAL RECOGNITION AND AI
• Smartgate is an automated passport control system that has
replaced immigration staff in Australian airports.
• In April it failed
and thousands
of travellers
could not
progress to
Customs desks.

32. INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT)
• The fully automated
house is now a reality
with computers talking
with other computers.
• A call from your phone
as you travel home alerts
the house computers
to prepare for your
home-coming.

33. INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT)
• Hackers get into business systems through Wi-Fi devices.
• In 2014 hackers got into the Target (USA) customer
database through the air-conditioning system and
downloaded millions of customer credit card details.
• Your new driverless car could be controlled
from outside by a hacker.

34. 5G TELECOMMUNICATIONS
• Much higher data transfer speeds so greatly increased data
usage expected.
• Short transmission distance. Needs
many repeater stations.
• Blocked by buildings, rainstorms.
• Serious radiation fears.

35. 5G TELECOMMUNICATIONS
• Nokia has demonstrated how robots can work
collaboratively to solve intricate tasks using 5G.

36. DISAPPEARING JOBS
CEDA (Committee for Economic Development of Australia) says:
‘More than five million Aussie jobs gone
in 10 to 15 years’

37. DISAPPEARING JOBS
Jobs being taken by machines today :
• Assembly-line and factory workers
• Phone operators, telemarketers and receptionists
• Truck drivers in mines
• Accountants
• Bank tellers and supermarket desk staff

38. DISAPPEARING JOBS
20 jobs at risk
1. Travel agent
2. Mortgage broker
3. Book keeper
4. Lawyer
5. Middle manager
6. Casino cashier
7. Road transport driver

39. DISAPPEARING JOBS
20 jobs at risk
8. Sports Referees and Umpires
9. IT support
10.Financial planner
11.Floral designer
12.Timber feller
13.Telemarketer
14.Fisherman

40. DISAPPEARING JOBS
20 jobs at risk
15.Train driver
16.Postal worker
17.Data entry clerk
18.Farmer
19.Print binding and finishing
20.Food product manufacturing

41. NEW JOBS
15 new jobs that didn’t exist 20 years ago:
1. App developer
2. Social media manager
3. New jobs because of legalising marijuana
4. Drone operator
5. Content moderator e.g. checking uploaded material to
Facebook or YouTube
6. Podcaster
7. 3D printer operator
8. Boost call centre ops

42. NEW JOBS
15 jobs that didn’t exist 20 years ago:
9. Influencers – top level marketers
10.Sustainability managers protecting the environment
11.Chief listening officer listens to what customers and
employees are saying about a company
12.Uber drivers
13.Admissions consultants at universities
14.Artists who sell through the Internet and ship world-wide
15.Driverless car engineers

43. SAFE JOBS THAT WON’T DISAPPEAR
• Creative jobs
– artists, scientists, business strategists

44. SAFE JOBS THAT WON’T DISAPPEAR
• Relationship-based jobs
– doctors and other medical professionals, business
professionals who need a close relationship with clients

45. SAFE JOBS THAT WON’T DISAPPEAR
• Unpredictable jobs
- emergency response
e.g. plumbers, electricians, para-medics

46. HOW WILL OHS WORK CHANGE?
1. Less direct observation and more visual and
auditory recording
2. Super computers will process these files
3. Drones will video high workplaces

47. HOW WILL OHS WORK CHANGE?
4. More health and psychological issues e.g. fatigue,
violence, bullying, frustration
5. Counselling people faced with dismissal
6. Advising on new skills training

48. HOW WILL OHS WORK CHANGE?
New technologies will create new hazards.
Welcome to your brave new world!