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BlackRock Robo‐Advisor 4.0: When artificial intelligence replaces human discretion
Author(s) -
Tokic Damir
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
strategic change
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.527
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1099-1697
pISSN - 1086-1718
DOI - 10.1002/jsc.2201
Subject(s) - discretion , stock (firearms) , investment (military) , computer science , business , artificial intelligence , operations research , finance , engineering , law , mechanical engineering , politics , political science
BlackRock, the largest US investment management firm, has started to replace human stock‐pickers with the full automated investment program, based on self‐learning artificial intelligence algorithms. This is the first high‐profile case in the financial industry where artificial intelligence replaces human discretion. The advanced version of BlackRock Robo‐Advisor can also be customized to perform within the strategic planning framework. Human discretionary decision‐making jobs are at risk of being replaced by machines.