Our automation clinic is focused on understanding how firms can realize positive sum automation, and how design, implementation, and ROI decisions can reliably steer towards more positive outcomes for firms and workers. In this work, I lead cross-disciplinary teams of engineers and social scientists to better understand how increasing automation can go hand in hand with better jobs. I am also faculty director of the Industrial Performance Center and co-lead the Work of the Future Initiative at MIT. Shah: “I’m an AI researcher and a roboticist at MIT and the vision of my lab’s research is to be intentional about developing machine intelligence that enhances rather than replaces human capability. Here are their perspectives on the importance and timeliness of this work: Tell us more about your research and what you hope to achieve. Slater professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT, to talk about the study and the future of automation. We met with Tye Brady, chief technologist at Amazon Robotics, and Julie Shah, H.N.
