Study On The Future Of Work

A new study by PricewaterhouseCoopers breaks our future into four possible work, life, and societal frameworks based on the advent of increased AI and automation. One is an innovation rules' "Red World", the next is corporate is king "Blue World", another is companies caring "Green World", and the last, humans come first "Yellow World."

Regardless of how our future world is designed, big changes are headed our way. Human talent will be at an extreme premium in this AI future, making updating skills paramount. Creativity, empathy, and adaptability that can augment technical skills will be in high demand in the new work force, the study says.

It also says job competition will be fierce and warns that those who don't adjust could be left behind. Because of this, a wider gap between 'the haves' and 'the have nots' could grow, creating societal turmoil.

Performance enhancing drugs could be on their way in the future, the study says. And people may find it necessary because much of the competition may come directly from A.I and robots. The study says over 70% look forward to the challenge of trying to outdo A.I.