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Why the hype?

"If you aren't using automation, you're working too hard."

In past blog posts, we've discussed some of the big questions around automation and autonomous security. In the past decade, billions of dollars have been invested in security automation; from video analytics and robots to smart buildings. Scholars and engineers have said automation marks the beginning of the fourth industrial revolution.

Big technology, big questions

Every once in a while, a new technology, an old problem, and a big idea turn into an innovation. - Dean Kamen

 Within the last five years, commercialized security robots have come on the scene with full force. Similarly to other recent automation technology (see our last blog post), these innovations raised some big questions:

Are robots going to take over? 

The World Economic Forum released their 2018 Future of Jobs Report, a 147 page document outlining how economists predict our job markets will change in the upcoming years.

There has been a lot of talk around automation in recent years with A.I. and robotic technologies advancing at an unprecedented rate. Rather than listen to vast array of online opinions, we decided to take a look at what the economists had to say.