AI Battle Royale

AI, Big Data and other 4^th Industrial Revolution technologies are poised to wreak havoc in virtually every industry, unlocking huge productivity gains via automation of labor both manual and cognitive. Less discussed are the impacts on workers, who see the value of their skills erode, along with the menace of mass structural unemployment.

How can workers assess their vulnerabilities? What can they do to improve their prospects, effective immediately?

In this book, you will learn how to:

-        Survey new tech and decrypt their potential impacts on work

-        Assess your strengths and weaknesses in the face of AI, the shared economy, and other tech-propelled threats

-        Foment a battle plan to survive and thrive

Ashley Recanati provides guidance for employees to rise above their peers and preserve their value, in a book that will interest managers and scholars, but foremost destined to ordinary workers. 

“AI Battle Royale: How to Protect Your Job from Disruption in the 4th Industrial Revolution, Ashley Marc Recanati offers some practical strategies to help alleviate the fears of workers facing mass structural unemployment as the value of their skills erode. … AI Battle Royale is the result of five years’ research and the insight of an experienced practitioner. … it is all precise and practical and not to be missed whatever position you occupy in the current economy.” (Peter Chadwick, IEDP, iedp.com, November 8, 2023)

“The real value of AI Battle Royale is that it casts more light than heat on a topic that is prone to sensationalism and doom-mongering in the mainstream media. … AI Battle Royale represents a huge step towards providing the measured tones we need to discuss societal issues – such as the interaction between technology evolution and employment – with a balanced, objective stance.” (E&T Engineering and Technology, November-December, 2023)

Over the past twenty years, Ashley Recanati has lived and worked in the three powerhouses that are Europe, the U.S. and China, rising from odd jobs to general management through financial control, thanks in part to the continuous learning and implementation of automation tools. Meanwhile he developed a keen awareness of the contrast between the latest evolving technologies and actual working habitats in offices, factories, and retail.

Despite the broad consensus among experts on the dire effects that new tech will have on employees, a blatant gap persists in terms of advice as to how they can prepare for the disruption. AI Battle Royale is the fruit of research conducted over five years to remedy this gap.