DIREC has launced a number of projects revolving around the future of work. The projects involve different aspects of AI, robots and hybrid work and will help develop the underlying technology that enables the modern workplace and provide us with new knowledge about the space of opportunity that opens up based on new advanced digital technology.
New AI models, such as chat robots and image, text and video generation, have shown us the opportunities offered by AI. Robots are slowly improving and, especially when combined with new AI solutions, they are able to handle an increasingly number of tasks.
Advanced digital technology can create great opportunities for Danish companies, unlock the competitive advantage, and improve collaboration, productivity, efficiency and innovation.
But how will the next generation of algorithms affect the way we work? How will the interaction between robots, humans and AI systems affect the workplace? How can Danish companies exploit the technology and what are the pitfalls?
AI technology can provide benefits for companies, but a crucial factor is that the system can be trusted to behave in a certain way. One way of creating trust is to be able to explain why the algorithms have chosen or recommended a certain action. This is called Explainable AI. Another way is to create safeguards that allow the AI only to act within certain constraints.
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There are a multitude of reasons to embrace remote and hybrid work. Climate concerns are increasing, borders are difficult to cross, work/life balance may be easier to attain, new opportunities such as live translation, automatic transcription and summary of meetings, to name a few.
However, the increase of hybrid work does also have challenges and the problem of embodied presence remains a stubborn limitation. How can we develop the next generation of tools to support hybrid work?
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With the slow adoption of robot technologies, a burning question is how can we easily program robots to support us in achieving our business goals without us being an expert engineer in robotics? How can we develop user interfaces that allow everybody to program robots? Or how do we control multiple robots working in e.g. a warehouse or factory?
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Physical products are increasingly getting a digital layer that can provide new functionalities, collect data and allow for easily monitoring and maintenance of physical products.
These devices do often have limited computing resources so how can we use advanced AI-algorithms on these devices? What is the best way to create software for these devices? And how do we ensure that they are secure?
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Businesses are creating a huge amount of data about their business processes. How can businesses better make use of these data and how can we develop innovative AI-solutions that use these data?
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