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Covid Brings Automation to the Workplace, Killing Some Jobs

Covid Brings Automation to the Workplace, Killing Some Jobs

Will Knight

Business

06.07.2021 07:00 AM Covid Brings Automation to the Workplace, Killing Some Jobs Unable to find enough workers, employers are turning to technology to perform tasks—and women are likely to be the hardest hit. An Ohio fast-food chain deployed an automated voice system to take orders. Sales rose and the system “never calls in sick,” the CEO says. The AI Database → Application Personal services Human-computer interaction Text analysis End User Big company Small company Startup Sector Consumer services Manufacturing Source Data Speech Technology Natural language processing Lee’s Famous Recipe Chicken, a fast-food chain in Ohio, […]

Robots, jobs and the future of work

Robots, jobs and the future of work

Apocalyptic visions of robots stealing workers’ jobs are not only misguided but have diverted attention from more significant trends. Enrique Fernández-Macías There has been a lively debate over the last decade on the ‘ future of work ’—the implications for employment of recent technical change. With few exceptions, it has had a predominantly negative tone. Recent waves of change—computerisation, robotisation and, more recently, artificial intelligence —are often portrayed as impersonal, pervasive, ineluctable forces, which can bring enormous benefits (mostly for consumers) but also major challenges (mostly for workers).

Projected employment losses over the near future are often counted in the […]

Automation Can Spell Panic for Employees, But Also Relief Under the Right Circumstances

Automation Can Spell Panic for Employees, But Also Relief Under the Right Circumstances

Automation technology has many workers concerned about the future of their jobs. Computers are one of the many technologies that grow exponentially more powerful with every passing year, and these improvements lead to innovations that can save businesses tons of time and capital, but when applied to automation, does this come at the cost of jobs? Let’s see why workers in certain industries might be concerned about automation, as well as whether or not their concerns are warranted. Defining Automation

Automation is when you use technology to fulfill tasks that would normally be done by humans with the intention […]

Robots and AI: Are we going to lose our jobs?

Robots and AI: Are we going to lose our jobs?

Sci-Tech Robots and AI: Are we going to lose our jobs?

By Alina Rashad On Jun 4, 2021 2 0 What sort of future do you imagine? Do you want a life of leisure and machine produced wealth? Do you want a world in which humans and machines merge or coexist? Do you think that humans will be controlled by machines? This debate on what will it mean to be human in the age of artificial intelligence and robots is of much speculation.

Artificial intelligence can be defined as any task executed by a machine or a robot that […]

The fourth industrial revolution and the challenges of a corporatized higher education

The fourth industrial revolution and the challenges of a corporatized higher education

WE are said to be entering the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, where the internet of things (IoT) will become more pervasive, seen in the adoption of automation, artificial intelligence, robotics, digitalization and virtual interactions as everyday technologies not only in the arena of work but even in interpersonal interactions.

The onset of the pandemic has provided the platform and the avenue for this development to be hastened and adopted. Online shopping, Netflix and video streaming, and online learning are now part of our everyday existence.

There is reason to celebrate this new development, as it ushers in innovative ways […]

10 ways American workers view their future economic opportunities

10 ways American workers view their future economic opportunities

There are a range of equality issues in the U.S. recovery from COVID-19. Recovery from COVID-19 in the United States will be a story of unequal economic opportunity, according to a new survey of 25,000 American workers.

In its inaugural American Opportunity Survey , management consultancy McKinsey & Company asked workers in the United States about their current economic standing, and the barriers they face to a more inclusive and prosperous future.

Here is a summary of the poll’s 10 key insights. 1. American workers overall are not feeling optimistic Fewer than half of all respondents are optimistic about access to […]

Letting the Economy Create Jobs for Everyone Is (Sadly) Radical

Letting the Economy Create Jobs for Everyone Is (Sadly) Radical

Everyone in American politics believes that jobs should be plentiful and wages should be high — they just disagree about how to achieve those outcomes.

Or so our nation’s political rhetoric might lead one to believe.

When Republicans lambaste Joe Biden’s proposed corporate-tax hike, they do not warn of smaller dividends for shareholders but rather fewer jobs and lower wages for working people. And when Democrats advocate for their president’s climate plan, they don’t promise higher returns for green investors but good-paying jobs for blue-collar laborers. In fact, it can be hard to find an argument for or against any economic […]

Easy and Productive Tricks to Automate Processes When Starting Your Business

Easy and Productive Tricks to Automate Processes When Starting Your Business

Share Tweet Share Share If you have a small business or if you’re thinking about starting one, you need all the help you can get. But hiring people is expensive, and for someone who doesn’t have all the capital in the world to start, managing expenses can be tricky. However, there is one way you can get the most amount of work done and not even have to pay any extra wages! Don’t worry, we’re not talking about some employment scam. We’re talking about automating certain processes in your business. With the help of some smart software and the […]

The Future of Automation

The Future of Automation

Probably no one needs as much convincing regarding the future of automation and its impact on employment as Jason E. Smith and Aaron Benanav, who have recently authored the following two books: Smart Machines and Service Work: Automation in an Age of Stagnation and Automation and the Future of Work . Each serves as a calming antidote to the often hyperbolic pronouncements emanating from popular and scholarly accounts.

Remarkable about both books is the degree to which they cover the same terrain and use similar arguments to debunk a cult of automation that has excited nouveau-billionaires like Elon Musk while […]

The logistics robots market is projected to register a CAGR of 21.3% in terms of value, from 2019 to reach USD 18.58 Billion by 2026

The global logistics robots market is expected to reach USD 18.58 Billion by 2026, according to a new report by Reports and Data. Logistics robots are used to automate the process of storage and movement of goods as they pass through the supply chain. Logistics robots are often used in warehouses and storage facilities to organize and transport products, but they may be deployed in applications as well. Logistics robots provide much higher levels of uptime over manual labor, resulting in significant productivity gains and profitability for enterprises deploying logistics robots. In March 2018, Waymo, a self-driving technology development […]