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Automation risks costing people their health as well as their jobs

Automation risks costing people their health as well as their jobs

Unease over the role of automation-related job losses has risen in recent years, spawning academic conferences, research studies and a host of news stories. To be sure, productivity growth through better automation and work processes should be a welcomed feature of any economy.

There is a justified concern, however, for workers who find themselves unable to work due to obsolete skills. That worry is the basis for significant investments in workforce training and skill enhancements in every state, but what if there’s more to the problem? Does the risk of automation-related job losses effect more than labor market outcomes?

That question […]

Automation risks costing people their health as well as their jobs

Automation risks costing people their health as well as their jobs

© Getty Images Unease over the role of automation-related job losses has risen in recent years, spawning academic conferences, research studies and a host of news stories. To be sure, productivity growth through better automation and work processes should be a welcomed feature of any economy.

There is a justified concern, however, for workers who find themselves unable to work due to obsolete skills. That worry is the basis for significant investments in workforce training and skill enhancements in every state, but what if there’s more to the problem? Does the risk of automation-related job losses effect more than labor […]

With automation threatening jobs Canada needs to form an action

Cognitive. Robotic Process. “vital role to play in generating keyword recognition” for workforce and makes up more than 25 percent of total global labor costs [3]. unemployment caused by automation and globalisation have been flagged; they are probably exaggerated, but significant upheaval is by: (i) tailoring or adapting them to the new forms of employment; or (ii) decoupling them entirely from . To the 23 Oct 2017 In the Steelcase metal factory, automation has led the company to seek out more highly educated managers, who are now expected to have a college degree, not just a high-school diploma. Enter […]

OECD report claims “only” 14% of jobs will be lost to automation

OECD report claims “only” 14% of jobs will be lost to automation

Fewer than originally thought will be the people at risk of losing their jobs to robots, according to a report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Fewer does not mean few. Up to 14% or 66 million of the jobs in the 32 most developed economies could be automated; however, aspects of every job may be transformed according to the director of employment, labour, and social affairs at the OECD Stefano Scarpetta .

Previous estimates by Oxford academics Carl Frey and Michael Osborne raised the number to just under 50%, the Financial Times reported.The most difficult jobs to automate […]

How will automation affect jobs, skills, and wages?

How will automation affect jobs, skills, and wages?

As the nature of work changes with automation, millions of people may need to switch occupations and acquire new skills.

Automation will displace many jobs over the next ten to 15 years, but many others will be created and even more will change. Jobs of the future will use different skills and may have higher educational requirements. In this episode, we ask experts how we can retrain workers for the new world of work and what the shifts might mean for occupations and wages.

Peter Gumbel: Welcome to our latest podcast in the series on the new world of […]

Will artificial intelligence turn us all into ‘trust-fund rats’?

Recently some scientists ran an interesting test. They offered two communities of rats two different economies, as it were. One group had to forage for food. The other group had it already — piles of it — whenever they wanted. Then they ran a blood test and measured their stress hormones. The results were counterintuitive. The foraging group had normal stress levels but the fat-cat rats, who didn’t have to work, were all stressed out. Perhaps winning something is less stressful than trying to hold onto it.

This gives rise to behaviorist speculation. We have other tests to show that […]

Automation and jobs

The demand for rote-labor workers had diminished Mar 29, 2016 · By 2025, it is estimated that automation will displace 22. Search for Automation jobs at Monster. Controls Engineer, Automation Engineer, Programmer and more! Mar 25, 2017 · In the recent presidential election, automation and robotics got a slight reprieve from the accusations that it has been the key driver in job losses in Workers in Mansfield, Sunderland and Wakefield are at the highest risk of having their jobs taken by machines, according to a report warning that automation stands to The IT-BPO industry employs 3. Although manufacturing jobs […]

Hrdy: A Response to ‘Innovation Kills Jobs’

Last week I posted a discussion of Prof. Hrdy’s intriguing new article on Technological Un/employment. Prof. Hrdy has now provided a short response that basically explains how I took a portion of her article (automation killing jobs) while ignoring other aspects of the 79-page article (e.g., many positive benefits of innovation, including job creation). – DC

by Prof. Camilla Hrdy

I am so honored that you found my article worth a post on Patently-O. In the nature of academic discussion and in good fun, I would like to briefly respond. (And please do feel free to post this).First, I really […]

Watch: Tucker Carlson Examines the Male Wage Crisis in ‘Men in America’ Segment — ‘Washington Is Not Worried at All About This’

Watch: Tucker Carlson Examines the Male Wage Crisis in ‘Men in America’ Segment — ‘Washington Is Not Worried at All About This’

Wednesday on Fox News Channel’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” host Tucker Carlson warned of the effects of deepening male unemployment on American society, which he argued has been ignored by policymakers in Washington, D.C.

According to Carlson, while much focus has been given to the gender-pay gap, the unintended consequences, like the impact it has on the American family structure, aren’t realized nor addressed.

Transcript as follows: Well, they’re invisible in Washington. Uncounted by the official unemployment numbers you hear on television, and yet they’re everywhere – Americans who have dropped out of the workforce, workers who don’t work. An ever-increasing […]

Impact of robots on employment

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In particular, I study the impact of these emerging technologies on the workforce and the provision of health benefits, pensions, and social insurance. by Gary Robbins, The San Diego Union-Tribune / December 28, 2016. Gunda Niehaus. The Truth About Robotics: Impact of Robotics on Employment impacting employment, safety, defines an industrial robot as an automatically controlled, The impact on jobs Automation and anxiety. Economists Daron Acemoglu and Pascual Restrepo studied the US labor market between 1990 and 2007, looking at employment Results. The term "Luddite fallacy" was coined to describe the thinking that innovation would have lasting […]