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POSTED ON: March 12, 2019

On February 28, 2019 The Cooper Union and IEEE TechEthics presented "Shaping the Future Workforce: Transformative Impacts of Emerging Technologies," a free, public discussion on how artificial intelligence, and other technologies will increasingly replace functions currently filled by paid workers over the next decade. If you weren't able to be there, you can watch it here.

Speakers include

  • Birgitte Andersen (Big Innovation Centre)
  • Joanna Bryson (University of Bath)
  • Michael Chui (McKinsey & Company)
  • Vinicius Pinheiro (International Labour Organization)
  • Mark A. Vasquez ME'88 (IEEE; moderator)
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  • From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.

  • Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.