Impact of cognitive computing on jobs has been a controversial topic

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Impact of cognitive computing on jobs has been a controversial topic. While some suggest that it may negatively impact on employment, others argue that the net impact of cognitive computing on jobs will be positive. In his 2018 HBR article, titled: "Artificial Intelligence for the Real World", Tom Davenport wrote: "The great fear about cognitive technologies is that they will put masses of people out of work. Of course, some job loss is likely as smart machines take over certain tasks traditionally done by humans. However, we believe that most workers have little to fear at this point. Cognitive systems perform tasks, not entire jobs. The human job losses we've seen were primarily due to attrition of workers who were not replaced or through automation of outsourced work. Most cognitive tasks currently being performed augment human activity, perform a narrow task within a much broader job, or do work that wasn't done by humans in the first place, such as big-data analytics."

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