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The Parts of America Most Susceptible to Automation

The Parts of America Most Susceptible to Automation

Isaac Brekken / AP Economists expect that millions of American jobs are going to be replaced by automation in the coming decades. But where will those job losses take place? Which areas will be hardest hit?

Much of the focus regarding automation has been on the Rust Belt. There, many workers have been replaced by machines, and the number of factory jobs has slipped as more production is offshored. While a lot of the rhetoric about job loss in the Rust Belt has centered on such outsourcing, one study from Ball State University found that only 13 percent of manufacturing […]

How San Francisco Plans to Fight ‘Job-Killing’ Robots

How San Francisco Plans to Fight 'Job-Killing' Robots

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CREDIT: Getty Images The tech industry collectively face-palmed when Trump’s treasury secretary said earlier this year that the threat of robots taking human jobs was "not even on our radar screen."

There is a growing evidence that robots and artificial intelligence could displace huge swaths of the American workforce in the next couple of decades, much sooner than the "50 to 100 more years away" timeline that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he expects.In San Francisco, where robots already run food deliveries for Yelp’s Eat24 and make lattés at a mall coffee kiosk , one politician is working […]

‘Ensure minimum income for those losing jobs due to automation’

'Ensure minimum income for those losing jobs due to automation'

NEW DELHI: With increasing concerns over loss of jobs, arising out of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics, an Assocham-PwC study has asked to ensure a minimum income to those displaced, along with basic health facilities for the families in stress.

“In light of technology advances, certain sectors are expected to experience shrinkage of employment demand as robotic systems and algorithms take up several tasks. It can be expected that IT, manufacturing, agriculture, forestry etc will experience such a demand shift,” the study noted.

Quoting Oxford University researchers Carl Frety and Michael Osborne, based on 702 occupational groupings, workers in tele-marketing, hand […]

Automation: Will the robots ruin us?

Automation: Will the robots ruin us?

Once one combines the advances in computing, big data mining, artificial intelligence, speech recognition, driverless vehicles and robotics it’s not too hard to foresee that the impacts of the digital technology revolution may have, to date, been simply a clearing of the throat.

Don’t just take my word for it, A 2016 report titled Technology at Work v2.0: The Future Is Not What It Used To Be , prepared for global finance giant Citi, stated that "a job is considered to be ‘exposed to automation’ or ‘automatable’ if the tasks it entails allows the work to be performed by a […]

MORADI | Automation Nation

MORADI | Automation Nation

Ah, springtime. The sun is (relatively) out, flowers are blooming, birds are singing and nearly half of American jobs are at risk of being completely eradicated due to automation.

Automation is hitting the U.S. job market as suddenly as that segue. An oft-cited 2013 study by economist Carl Frey and computer scientist Michael Osborne estimates that 47 percent of American employment is at high risk of being entirely automated. The most automatable jobs are fairly obvious: repetitive manufacturing jobs, telemarketing and occupations that deal mostly with clerking top the list. Some jobs, though, are surprisingly automatable: models and real-estate brokers, […]

Brave New World – How Technological Innovation Will Shape the Next Decade

Brave New World – How Technological Innovation Will Shape the Next Decade

HAVE you ever read an article about a new gadget that is set to take over the world?

If you have but the most tenuous grasp on technology affairs, you’ll have been bombarded with content about Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Internet of Things, Automation and many other topics. You’ll have been left with your fair share of questions.

These are mine: How can I know what tech trend will stick around? Is there a way of knowing how our lives are likely to be affected in the next 10 years? Will our future be a mashup of the Matrix with iRobot? […]

Efficiency in Work — Where Do Humans Fit In?

Efficiency in Work — Where Do Humans Fit In?

The rise in automation is going to bring about huge changes in the jobs market, and some will be better prepared than others. Efficiency in work. Man has always sought a better way to do more and, if possible, at a lower cost.

Simple machines such as levers, pulleys and inclined planes are found in the fossil record and were clearly part of the historic creation of the Great Pyramids and Greco-Roman construction.

Mass production was a need to achieve Henry Ford’s ostentatious goal of “a motor car for the great multitude,” hence, the first moving assembly line on a conveyor […]

Man vs Machine: Just How Soon Will Automation Reshape The Global Workforce?

Man vs Machine: Just How Soon Will Automation Reshape The Global Workforce?

MODERN computers can learn, they can listen, they can understand, and more importantly, they can create— a task they are performing at an extraordinary rate unseen by any human to date. Rather than relying mostly on physical labor and human presence to drive production, many industries are implementing technology that can perform the work of humans at lower costs and with less effort.

Defined as “the information processing in physical systems”, intelligence is arguably humanity’s most valuable resource. It is what drives the creation of new ideas and stimulates the growth of any successful economy. With that in mind, it […]

Justin Trudeau Has a Plan to Save Jobs From Automation

Justin Trudeau Has a Plan to Save Jobs From Automation

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is preparing his country to deal with the challenges new technologies place on the workforce.

The rise of artificial intelligence technologies has made it easier for companies like Google (goog) to automatically identify cats in photos. But as cutting-edge AI technologies amplify automation, people are increasingly worried that powerful software will replace the need for human workers.

Earlier this week, Trudeau addressed the subject of automation and labor on the question-and-answer website Quora and explained some of his ideas to help Canadian citizens keep their jobs in light of rapid technological advances.Trudeau concedes that the “job […]

Justin Trudeau Has a Plan to Save Jobs From Automation

Justin Trudeau Has a Plan to Save Jobs From Automation

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is preparing his country to deal with the challenges new technologies place on the workforce.

The rise of artificial intelligence technologies has made it easier for companies like Google (goog, -0.32%) to automatically identify cats in photos. But as cutting-edge AI technologies amplify automation, people are increasingly worried that powerful software will replace the need for human workers .

Earlier this week, Trudeau addressed the subject of automation and labor on the question-and-answer website Quora and explained some of his ideas to help Canadian citizens keep their jobs in light of rapid technological advances.Trudeau concedes that […]