About the session
At the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos (Jan 20 – 23), participants discussed the advent of the fourth industrial revolution, where we will see the barriers between man and machine dissolve. Just like the Industrial Revolution transformed people’s lives, the fourth revolution has the potential to impact the way we live and work. As technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics take over tasks that had previously been done by humans – what will this mean for the construction industry
It's not just about what technology can achieve on its own. Erik Brynjolfsson at MIT believes the real challenge is “…combining machines and humans in new ways to allow us to do tasks we previously couldn't have done.” With this in mind, the construction industry needs to identify opportunities to fuse machine and human skills to deliver optimal outcomes.
Andrew will explore the potential role of these new technologies against the back drop of an innovative Smart Campus test ground.
