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How Chicago, Illinois can prepare so workers don’t become obsolete

How Chicago, Illinois can prepare so workers don’t become obsolete

Jobs are the best way to escape poverty, but the workplace will continue to change rapidly. To ensure Illinoisans don’t lose the jobs that lift them up, job skills will need to evolve along with education.

The best way for someone to rise out of poverty is work. The poverty rate for full-time workers is under 2% nationally compared to an overall poverty rate of 11.5% for the general population.

Work is changing rapidly because of innovation, technological developments, automation, artificial intelligence and remote work. These developments displace many low-skill workers and lead to an expanding skills gap. If we […]

Robots coming to Walmart warehouses

Robots coming to Walmart warehouses

Automation improves workplace safety, makes job easier for associates, says company Walmart Canada will soon have robots working at its warehouses in Ontario, according to a report.

The multinational retail corporation is introducing material handling robotics and automation technologies that, it says, will keep “operations bustling” and improve ergonomics for associates.

This comes after the employer piloted its automated receiving solution at their Regional Distribution Centre (RDC) in Calgary in Alberta back in March."We’re super excited about what we’ve done in Calgary and we’re super excited to scale that and get it into our other sites," said Matt Kelly, Walmart Canada’s […]

Outsourcing founder explains why a Manhattan restaurant uses a staffing firm in the Philippines that pays cashiers a few dollars an hour: ‘The cost is admittedly cheaper than the U.S.’

Outsourcing founder explains why a Manhattan restaurant uses a staffing firm in the Philippines that pays cashiers a few dollars an hour: ‘The cost is admittedly cheaper than the U.S.’

Fast-food chains have increasingly relied on automation to save on labor costs. Trying hard to stay afloat in a restaurant industry spending 36% of its cash on labor and with minimum wage creeping to $16, a cadre of local New York City chains have found a shrewd way to save: enlisting the help of cashiers video calling in from the Philippines and paying them way less.

At Sansan Chicken , a fried-chicken joint in the East Village and Long Island City, cashiers on a large screen greet customers and answer questions they may have about the menu or their self-service […]

Engineering Innovation By Focusing On People

Engineering Innovation By Focusing On People

[Innovation can engender negative connotations for many people, emanating from their fear of change and its unknown implications or consequences to the nature of work and the potential elimination of jobs. In our new business operating environment of accelerating change, ongoing education and case studies are critically needed to demonstrate to business leaders and employees how changing conventional ways of doing things can lead to better, safer, more rewarding workplaces and enhanced careers and industry leadership. The ability of innovation and technology to enrich industries and communities is only beginning. It is still underserved and “a wide-open space” for […]

AI gives, even as it takes away jobs

AI gives, even as it takes away jobs

Image by Google Gemini Image creator, based on a prompt by Gadget. A year ago, as the hype around generative artificial intelligence (AI) was reaching a crescendo, investment bank Goldman Sachs predicted it would replace 300-million existing jobs. That was well up from the World Economic Forum’s “The Future of Jobs Report 2020,” which had said AI would replace 85-million jobs within five years. However, it tempered this forecast with the expectation of 97-million new jobs.

Clearly, such predictions are a thumb-suck, and have rightfully been derided. So, by the time the WEF produced the 2024 version, it had come […]

Elon Musk Predicts ‘Age of Abundance’ Thanks to AI — What Would That Mean for Your Paycheck?

Elon Musk Predicts ‘Age of Abundance’ Thanks to AI — What Would That Mean for Your Paycheck?

©BEN MACMAHON/EPA/REX/Shutterstock Elon Musk’s latest prediction about the future of work sounds equal parts utopian and somewhat terrifying. Speaking at an AI summit in November 2023, the eccentric billionaire claimed that advanced AI will eventually be able to “do everything” when it comes to jobs and employment .

“There will come a point where no job is needed,” he told U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. “You can have a job if you want personal satisfaction, but the AI will be able to do it all.”

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Indian students have best brains, they should not worry about losing jobs to AI, says top IT college director

Indian students have best brains, they should not worry about losing jobs to AI, says top IT college director

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AI tools like Copilot and ChatGPT causing concerns in IT sector.

AI will create new jobs, humans needed for problem-solving. IT professionals need to upskill to adapt to AI advancements. Ever since the arrival of AI tools like Copilot and ChatGPT, the IT industry has been in a bit of a panic. Industries are undergoing significant changes, and particularly the IT sector has seen a notable impact from AI, sparking concerns about its effects on employment and workforce demands. Additionally, there have been warnings from figures like Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who raised […]

The Intersection of IoT and Robotics: Transforming Industries and Workforce

The Intersection of IoT and Robotics: Transforming Industries and Workforce

iot in robotics The integration of IoT in robotics is not just about connecting devices; it’s about creating intelligent systems that can adapt and learn from their environment. These interconnected robotic softwares can optimize processes, predict maintenance needs, and enhance decision-making capabilities by harnessing the power of real-time data exchange and advanced AI algorithms.

From smart factories where robots collaborate with humans to optimize production lines, to autonomous vehicles navigating city streets, the possibilities are endless. As IoRT continues to advance, it promises to revolutionize industries, unlocking new levels of efficiency, safety, and innovation in the ever-evolving automation landscape. get […]

India stares at high youth unemployment as hiring in its behemoth IT sector slows

India stares at high youth unemployment as hiring in its behemoth IT sector slows

Employees work at the headquarters of security system developer Staqu Technologies in Gurugram, India. India is struggling to bring down youth unemployment as a fall in white-collar jobs in the IT sector has left many fresh graduates and young people unemployed.

As automation and artificial intelligence adoption picks up pace, many roles in IT are becoming redundant — a phenomenon that’s not restricted to India.

Data from recruitment firm Foundit showed that online hiring activity for both hardware and software IT plummeted by 18% last year from 2022. India is facing a youth unemployment problem as a decline […]

AGI is Just ‘A Guy in India’

AGI is Just ‘A Guy in India’

Listen to this story Amazon recently decided to phase out its checkout-less grocery stores which were equipped with a ‘ Just Walk Out ’ technology. This system basically allowed customers at the store to skip the checkout process by just scanning the QR code when they entered the store.

The automated technology came with a desi-twist and wasn’t fully automated. It turns out that Just Walk Out relied on about 1,000 people in India who watched and labelled the videos. They had been doing this since mid-2022, and their job included manually reviewing transactions and labelling images and videos.

Automated technology […]