He said children as young as four years in Japan, South Korea and European countries are learning programming already. The industrial revolution, according to him, is creating smart factories, smart farms and smart cities via artificial intelligence, including taking care of one’s health. In South Korea, some 10 percent f bank workers have lost their jobs because people opted transacting via online. New jobs, however, are being created by the industrial revolution like how to maintain robots and all automation machines. The industrial revolution, he said, evolved from mechanization, water power and steam power; mass production, assembly line and electricity; computer automation; and cyber physical systems.

Source: Manila Times February 22, 2017 10:29 UTC