As Taiwan’s economy races to embrace AI and automation, some question whether the government is doing enough to prepare the workforce for the future.
The News Lens
Date: 2018/03/05
By: Rosemary Chen
Photo Credit: Blade Runner 2049 來源: IMDb
In the first of a two-part series, Rosemary Chen looks at the state of readiness of Taiwan’s educations sector for the sweeping changes that will engulf the workforce as governments and industry rush to embrace various forms of automation.
“I’m not worried about being replaced by robots because I am an emotional being and robots cannot replace the connection between humans,” says Lin Hung-yu (林泓宇), a junior student studying business at National Taiwan University (NTU).
But when asked about recent Artificial Intelligence (AI) developments, Lin is more circumspect. “It’s not really my field,” he says.
Lin’s confidence in the future is shared by many college students in Taiwan.
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