RD-11.15-16.2022-Mindell

Conference Video|Duration: 32:21
November 16, 2022
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    Today, industry is poised on the precipice of a new revolution, using an array of new technologies to combine decarbonization with equitable labor. We are familiar with the ingredients, including: robotics, AI and autonomy, electrification, advanced manufacturing, and new forms of remote and hybrid work. Yet we still lack a vision for how they all converge in a new industrial world that serves human and planetary needs.

    Like the industrial revolution that began in the 18th century, the coming revolution will not simply happen but will be driven by ideas and people. What does industry look like when it strives to optimize for lowest carbon footprint as well as the greatest profit? When it upholds dignified, inclusive, sustainable work? This talk will begin to frame these questions and challenge the group to contribute to the answers. MIT’s recent Task Force on The Work of the Future showed that technology is neither the problem nor the solution. We can build better jobs if we create institutions and machines that leverage technological innovation and also support workers though long cycles of technological transformation. We must act to ensure that the labor market of the future offers benefits, opportunity, and a measure of economic security to all. The US Federal Government has made major inroads through policy changes in recent months. What should private industry be doing to invest in technologies to advance decarbonization and equitable labor?

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    Today, industry is poised on the precipice of a new revolution, using an array of new technologies to combine decarbonization with equitable labor. We are familiar with the ingredients, including: robotics, AI and autonomy, electrification, advanced manufacturing, and new forms of remote and hybrid work. Yet we still lack a vision for how they all converge in a new industrial world that serves human and planetary needs.

    Like the industrial revolution that began in the 18th century, the coming revolution will not simply happen but will be driven by ideas and people. What does industry look like when it strives to optimize for lowest carbon footprint as well as the greatest profit? When it upholds dignified, inclusive, sustainable work? This talk will begin to frame these questions and challenge the group to contribute to the answers. MIT’s recent Task Force on The Work of the Future showed that technology is neither the problem nor the solution. We can build better jobs if we create institutions and machines that leverage technological innovation and also support workers though long cycles of technological transformation. We must act to ensure that the labor market of the future offers benefits, opportunity, and a measure of economic security to all. The US Federal Government has made major inroads through policy changes in recent months. What should private industry be doing to invest in technologies to advance decarbonization and equitable labor?

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