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South African Journal of Science
On-line version ISSN 1996-7489
Print version ISSN 0038-2353
Abstract
NTLATLAPA, Ntsibane. Defining the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Comments on Moll (S Afr J Sci. 2023;119(1/2), Art. #12916). S. Afr. j. sci. [online]. 2023, vol.119, n.1-2, pp.1-1. ISSN 1996-7489. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2023/15436.
SIGNIFICANCE: Moll (S Afr J Sci. 2023;119(1/2), Art. #12916) argues that we are not currently living in the Fourth Industrial Age (4IR). In this response to Moll, I contest that Moll's argument does not correctly reflect the understanding or definition of the 4IR as presented in the pivotal texts of the leading global and South African 4IR advocates. I believe that, had Moll focused on the definition of the 4IR presented initially by Schwab, that is, around the fusion of technologies across the digital, physical and biological worlds, he could have come to a different conclusion about the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Keywords : Fourth Industrial Revolution; 4IR definitions; fusion of technologies.