IT isn’t isolated from the impact of automation. As computers get better at doing things humans can do, where will the value-add of human capability be within IT infrastructure. Episode 13 is the first in a series of conversations about adding business value through IT.
Show Notes:
Inspired by a series of Planet Money Podcasts on robots and jobs
Episode list:
#621: When Luddites Attach (Download)
#622: Humans vs. Robots (Download)
#623: The Machine Comes to Town (Download)
#624: I, Waiter (Download)
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Automation, machine learning and the jobmarket one of my favorite topics I post links about on Twitter.
You compared, basically what now is ‘ops’ to accounting.
Don’t you think automation will take care of a lot of this and all that will be left is:
Any day to day tasks of looking at some alerts will be managed by an outside company or calling in a consultant as needed. Probably all dome remotely.