Inventing the future, rather than retrofitting the past

Emerging Europe

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Inventing the future, rather than retrofitting the past

The countries of emerging Europe are better placed than Western Europe to make the most of the automation technologies—including robotics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning—that are transforming industries and the world of work. It is often said that sometimes, when we think we are inventing the future, in reality we are merely retrofitting the past. This is often the case with technology: we use it to do the same things in a differe…