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The current industrial revolution – the leap into the unknown
With the advent of the internet we can speak of the leap into new technologies. Digitisation is the new technological phenomenon that requires us to rethink the way we do things. Artificial intelligence creates the conditions for the leap to Industry 5.0.
Robotics, the Internet of Things (IoT), autonomous vehicles, nanotechnologies, augmented reality and virtual reality, wearables are essential components of the world we live in.
Obviously, the question arises as to what is the real place of HUMANS in the current context. Artificial intelligence is creating unprecedented challenges because it requires rethinking all processes: economic, social, technological, cultural, biological, educational, political.
There is a very short distance between the facilities it creates and the dangers that may arise if this huge potential is not managed with great responsibility by decision-makers. It is essential to know who these decision-makers are and in whose hands the real power will lie in the future.
We remember that the advent of nuclear energy promised only benefits. It took only a few borderline situations for politicians to use this energy for destructive purposes.
From good intentions to tragedy is only a small step. We ask ourselves what will be man’s place, with his limits, in a world where all man creates unimaginable risks to his existence.
Management will redefine itself because the reality of the future will be radically different from the realities of the past. Speaking of virtual reality we sense that the future is slowly taking shape beyond our will because humans may no longer be the CENTRAL PERSON of the world we live in. We will have to take a maturity test when we humans become the ASSESSMENT SUBJECT for Artificial Intelligence.
My message is one of realistic optimism because beyond favourable answers we must look for questions that make us responsible.
