AI and the Future of Skills, Volume 1
Capabilities and Assessments
Artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics are major breakthrough technologies that are transforming the economy and society. The OECD’s Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Skills (AIFS) project is developing a programme to assess the capabilities of AI and robotics, and their impact on education and work.
This volume reports on the first step of the project: identifying which capabilities to assess and which tests to use in the assessment. It builds on an online expert workshop that explored this question from the perspectives of both psychology and computer science. The volume consists of expert contributions that review skills taxonomies and tests in different domains of psychology, and efforts in computer science to assess AI and robotics. It provides extensive discussion on the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches, and outlines directions for the project. The report can therefore be a resource for the research community of multiple fields and policy makers who wish to obtain deeper insight into the complexity of machine capabilities.
The encroachment of artificial intelligence: Timing and prospects
This chapter describes several instances of artificial intelligence (AI), artificial neural network and machine learning systems that are judged to be highly successful. It also highlights the shortcomings of these systems to explain their limitations. Through examples such as so-called self-driving cars, image recognition, handwriting analysis and digital virtual assistants like Siri, the chapter explores the ways in which AI is both like and unlike human intelligence. It clarifies ways in which AI will and will not be useful in various workplaces. It also examines capabilities of humans that are likely to outpace AI for some time, and therefore may remain critical factors in employment practice.
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