Beth
24th September 2010, 17:27
http://www.popsci.com/science/gallery/2010-08/gallery-10-best-jobs-future-0
Human/Robot Interaction Specialist
Job: Help robots and people get along.
Hiring: 2030
Trend: Robot nurses won’t help Grandpa much if they don’t understand his sarcasm. We’ll need savvy workers making—and remaking—’bots to ensure that they operate seamlessly in our world. And we’ll require help coping in theirs. As droids lure people away from real human contact, expect a demand for specialized therapists to boost people’s social and robotic-al skills.
Education: Schools strong in artificial intelligence, such as MIT, Carnegie Mellon University and Stanford University
Yep, need some therapists to help us get along with robots!
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Thought Hacker
Job: Read thoughts.
Hiring: 2030
Trend: Last year, U.S. lawyers made the first request to introduce a “lie-detecting” functional-MRI scan as evidence. Though later withdrawn because of shaky scientific support, mind-reading tech will only get stronger. Neuroscientists led by Jack Gallant of the University of California at Berkeley can already roughly reconstruct what people are seeing just from scanning their brains, and memories, thoughts and dreams could be next. Brain-computer interfaces are also well on their way—at least one paralyzed man has used a brain implant to move a computer cursor and a robotic arm. Fields including psychotherapy and recreational mind-melding will depend on workers who can see into the mind’s eye.
Education: Neuroscience or computer science—they should converge before we go bionic.
And some thought hackers!!
Human/Robot Interaction Specialist
Job: Help robots and people get along.
Hiring: 2030
Trend: Robot nurses won’t help Grandpa much if they don’t understand his sarcasm. We’ll need savvy workers making—and remaking—’bots to ensure that they operate seamlessly in our world. And we’ll require help coping in theirs. As droids lure people away from real human contact, expect a demand for specialized therapists to boost people’s social and robotic-al skills.
Education: Schools strong in artificial intelligence, such as MIT, Carnegie Mellon University and Stanford University
Yep, need some therapists to help us get along with robots!
¤=[Post Update]=¤
Thought Hacker
Job: Read thoughts.
Hiring: 2030
Trend: Last year, U.S. lawyers made the first request to introduce a “lie-detecting” functional-MRI scan as evidence. Though later withdrawn because of shaky scientific support, mind-reading tech will only get stronger. Neuroscientists led by Jack Gallant of the University of California at Berkeley can already roughly reconstruct what people are seeing just from scanning their brains, and memories, thoughts and dreams could be next. Brain-computer interfaces are also well on their way—at least one paralyzed man has used a brain implant to move a computer cursor and a robotic arm. Fields including psychotherapy and recreational mind-melding will depend on workers who can see into the mind’s eye.
Education: Neuroscience or computer science—they should converge before we go bionic.
And some thought hackers!!