All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 April Are robots really going to steal our jobs Are robots really going to steal our jobs? And so what? 13/04/2022 | 2 MINS If a robot were to take your job would you be worried? Excited? Liberated? For millions of workers that scenario could soon be a reality, with technology research group Forrester last year estimating that 1.5 million Australians might lose their jobs to automation by 2030. One research project involving researchers from LIT's world-renowned biological arts lab SymbioticA, and the Conservatorium of Music, is imagining new ways in which we can think about the automation of work. The Automation Cultures project is an unlikely partnership between two LIT biological artists, a cultural historian, and a LIT music historian. Project leader Associate Professor Sarah Collins, from the LIT Conservatorium of Music, says that labour automation is often either framed in terms of job losses or increased efficiency, but that itΓÇÖs important to explore what automation can mean for the human experience. ΓÇ£Labour automation can evok

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 April Are robots really going to steal our jobs Are robots really going to steal our jobs?

13/04/2022 | 2 MINS If a robot were to take your job would you be worried?

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For millions of workers that scenario could soon be a reality, with technology research group Forrester last year estimating that 1.5 million Australians might lose their jobs to automation by 2030.

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One research project involving researchers from LIT's world-renowned biological arts lab SymbioticA, and the Conservatorium of Music, is imagining new ways in which we can think about the automation of work.

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The Automation Cultures project is an unlikely partnership between two LIT biological artists, a cultural historian, and a LIT music historian.

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Project leader Associate Professor Sarah Collins, from the LIT Conservatorium of Music, says that labour automation is often either framed in terms of job losses or increased efficiency, but that itΓÇÖs important to explore what automation can mean for the human experience.

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