Disruption Cannot be Planned! On Robotics, Automation, Flying Cars and Smart Digital Solutions: PLENARY PAPER
Dominik B. O. Boesl · 2019
Is robotics, automation, digitalization, artificial intelligence or any of the current buzzwords really going to disrupt our world? Prof. Dominik Boesl thinks so - in fact, it can even been proven! In order to predict technological breakthroughs, the domains of foresight, future studies and technology assessment offer interesting methods. One of the most know might be the analysis of megatrends. Dominik Boesl is researching the future of robotics, automation and AI and their impact on society out of HDBW (Hochschule der Bayerischen Wirtschaft) in Munich. He is convinced, that our grandchildren will grow up as first Generation R of Robotic Natives - leaving us the last generation of Robotic Immigrants (still with analogue migration background, but ...). These future generations will not be afraid of robotics and smart systems permeating their living realm. But technology is never good or bad out of itself - it depends on us how we apply it. The bigger the disruption, the larger the responsibility that comes with it. As chair of the global IEEE TechEthics initiative, Dominik fosters educated discourse about the application of technology and its impact on society and humankind. He is founder and chairman of the Robotic & AI Governance Foundation, pushing for governance structures to (self-)regulate the research, development and productization of automation technologies.