A somewhat unexpected group formed to produce a documentary on coming self-driving or autonomous vehicles, and some of the keyway that they will impact the world, including mass job loss. IAutonomy was produced by Car & Driver Magazine, directed by Alex Horwitz and features none other than famed author Malcomb Gladwell as Executive Producer. The […]
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Job loss to technology, AI, robotics and blockchain are likely going to dramatically alter the lives of tens, if not hundreds of millions of Americans, for the worse.
Sitting here in 2019, it seems that although jobs are being impacted by technological improvements, the swing to extreme job loss has not occurred. Not yet. Although some well-researched prognostications suggest that the future job loss to technology would be as bad as many others, take for instance the mere 36 million projected in a […]
Amazon Warehouse Robots
It wasn’t cheap to Deploy these Amazon Warehouse robots. Watch as they bring the shelves to workers for pick and pack. It’s easy to see what the cost benefits are. More room in the warehouse for products. No wandering humans looking for products. Fewer humans for mistakes. The labor left behind is far more productive. […]
Upskilling and Re-Skilling Will Be the Hallmarks or Long-Term Future Employment
As intellectuals argue about what impact new technologies and innovations will have on the labor market, it is extremely unlikely that it will be minimal and that massive numbers of new vocations will be created. Employers want nothing more than to cut costs, reduce disruptions and automate. AI, machine learning, blockchain, robotics, autonomous vehicles and […]
Reporters on the Growing List of Jobs Being Lost to Artificial Intelligence
Although the over job market in America has remained strong, the long term disruption to a wide number of careers has begun unfolding. The easiest to see are the expected job loses in transportation, with the advent of driverless vehicles, and in warehousing, where robot lifts replace the employees. Less obvious are those careers once […]
Jobs lost to AI, Robotics and Automation are Already Underway in Parts of China
Today, as you read this, citizens of Shenzhen China live and work side by side with their future replacements. Shenzhen is a major tech hub city within China, so it can be viewed as ground zero for the deployment of many new technologies and innovations, including AI and robotics. In a recent Bloomberg, Hello World […]
Industry Based AI-empowered Business Model
In an article by Kai-Fu Lee The notion of entire industries taken over by AI https://qz.com/work/1477807/how-many-jobs-will-be-automated-most-predictions-miss-one-big-factor/
AI or Not AI – Hard to Tell
The line between reality and Artificial Intelligence is becoming more and more blurred. It’s getting hard to know when and if AI is playing a role in our daily tasks. From a report Applicants usually don’t know when a startup has used artificial intelligence to triage their resume. When Big Tech deploys AI to tweak […]
Blockchanin for Public Records
Some northern Nevada counties are using blockchain, the online ledger best known for helping secure virtual currencies such as bitcoin, to store digital versions of government records like birth and marriage certificates. From a report: The Reno Gazette-Journal reports that as of December in Washoe County, about 950 couples had received secure digital marriage certificates […]