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Workers of the Future, Unite

Issei Kato / Reuters Automation will undoubtedly transform the workforce, the economy, and society as a whole. Robotics, sophisticated “AI” software, and other technologies will cause lasting and profound changes in the future. But that’s no reason to ignore the problems we’re facing right now.

In fact, the best way to ensure that we have a more equitable economy tomorrow is by fighting for one today.

“Reality check” Two recent commentaries addressed the “robot question.” One, by Don Lee, ran in the Los Angeles Times under the headline “ Reality check: Manufacturers returning to US may mean jobs for robots, […]

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Trump Supporters Are Not the Losers from Globalization

A common narrative we hear from the news media this election cycle is that Donald Trump has become popular by tapping into anti-trade sentiment among blue collar workers “ on the losing side of trade globalization .” The basic premises of this narrative are that (1) trade has harmed a large segment of the U.S. population and (2) those people are voting for Trump. But neither one of those premises is true.

The narrative has been fueled by a paper released earlier this year by economist David Autor, David Dorn, and Gordon Hanson titled “The China Shock: Learning from Labor […]

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The evolution of BPO industry

Manila Bulletin Business reporter James Loyola, George Yang, and Dianne Gonzalez, A.I. Pros partner. About 20 to 22 million Filipinos depend in the call center and business process outsourcing (BPO) industries. This includes the 5:1 ratio, where one worker needs to support four to five other people in their lives. A total about 4.4 million Filipinos, in Philippines, are employed under the BPO sector, bringing in millions of US dollars into the country.

George Yang, founder and CEO of A.I. Pros, sees the Philippines’ growth is because of the BPO sector. “If you look at the growth of the Philippines […]

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Dan O’Brien: The hopes and fears around artificial intelligence

Partly explaining the pessimism is fear of change and the unknown. Another reason is what economists call the “lump of labour fallacy” — the idea that the number of jobs in an economy is fixed, and therefore more automation must in turn mean fewer jobs…’ (Stock picture) ‘Artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race." That is how no less a figure than physicist Stephen Hawking has described the risks posed by intelligent machines capable of thought and action. Medical Coding Programs allalliedhealthschools.com Start Now! Find Medical Billing & Coding Programs. Request Info Today Work at Home […]

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Will Automation Take Our Jobs?

Final fall economist Carl Benedikt Frey and knowledge engineer Michael A. Osborne, each on the College of Oxford, revealed a examine estimating the likelihood that 702 occupations would quickly be computerized out of existence. Their findings have been startling. Advances in knowledge mining, machine imaginative and prescient, synthetic intelligence and different applied sciences might, they argued, put forty seven p.c of American jobs at excessive danger of being automated within the years forward. Mortgage officers, tax preparers, cashiers, locomotive engineers, paralegals, roofers, taxi drivers and even animal breeders are all at risk of going the way in which of […]

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The brave new world of robots and lost jobs: David Ignatius

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WASHINGTON — Job insecurity is a central theme of the 2016 campaign, fueling popular anger about trade deals and immigration. But economists warn that much bigger job losses are ahead in America — driven not by foreign competition but by advancing technology.

A look at the numbers suggests that America is having the wrong debate this year. Economic security won’t come from renegotiating trade deals, as Donald Trump claimed in a speech in Detroit Monday, or rebuilding infrastructure, as Hillary Clinton argued in Warren, Michigan, on Thursday. These are palliatives.The deeper problem facing America is […]

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‘Automation bomb’ coming for U.S.

WASHINGTON – Job insecurity is a central theme of the 2016 campaign, fueling popular anger about trade deals and immigration. But economists warn that much bigger job losses are ahead in America – driven not by foreign competition, but by advancing technology.

A look at the numbers suggests that America is having the wrong debate this year. Economic security won’t come from renegotiating trade deals, as Donald Trump claimed in a speech in Detroit Monday, or rebuilding infrastructure, as Hillary Clinton argued in Warren, Mich., on Thursday. These are palliatives.

The deeper problem facing America is how to provide meaningful work […]

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IT boom is going bust as freshers recruitment decreases: G Madhavan Nair

Eminent space scientist G Madhavan Nair said the IT boom is going bust with increasing automation leading to shrinking employment opportunities for freshers even as he favored Indian companies focusing on creation of high end jobs and the domestic market. The former Indian Space Research Organization chairman said he had mentioned a couple of years ago that the so-called IT boom would go bust and “that is the phenomena we are now seeing”. “The recruitment for freshers (IT engineers) last year was reduced and this year in many places it has come to zero, that means that type of […]

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IT boom going bust now, says space scientist G Madhavan Nair

He opined that big ‘desi’ companies should focus on Indian scenario and tap the "phenomenal" domestic market which is bigger than European or American one. HYDERABAD: Eminent space scientist G Madhavan Nair said today the IT boom is going bust with increasing automation leading to shrinking employment opportunities for freshers even as he favoured Indian companies focussing on creation of high end jobs and the domestic market.

The former Indian Space Research Organisation chairman said he had mentioned a couple of years ago that the so-called IT boom would go bust and "that is the phenomena we are now seeing".

"The […]

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The brave new world of robots and lost jobs

A robot paints brake drums at Webb Wheel Products in Cullman, Ala. (Dave Martin/Associated Press) Job insecurity is a central theme of the 2016 campaign, fueling popular anger about trade deals and immigration. But economists warn that much bigger job losses are ahead in the United States — driven not by foreign competition but by advancing technology.

A look at the numbers suggests that the country is having the wrong economic debate this year. Employment security won’t come from renegotiating trade deals, as Donald Trump said in a speech Monday in Detroit, or rebuilding infrastructure, as Hillary Clinton argued in […]

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