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Column: It’s time to refocus students and workforce on technology

Column: It's time to refocus students and workforce on technology

Geoff Duncan Packages delivered by drones. Medical procedures performed by robots. Students taking online courses from teachers who are multiple time zones away. Self-driving trucks able to zip through traffic. Talking to Siri, Alexa and a host of other smart devices to provide intelligent information and guidance.

In today’s high-tech world, these ever-advancing conveniences of technology are becoming common-place in the everyday life of Georgians and across the globe.

But we could soon hit a wall very quickly in their development as job growth in the tech sector is so large that it is outpacing a supply of workers. Georgia is […]

Artificial intelligence will affect Utah more than other states, new study says

Artificial intelligence will affect Utah more than other states, new study says

Seth Wenig, Associated Press In this file photo from May 2, 2019, Cadet Cheyenne Quilter works with a virtual reality character named “Ellie” at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. Artificial intelligence is spreading into health care, often as software or a computer program capable of learning from large amounts of data and making predictions to guide care or help patients. SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s economy could be more affected by artificial intelligence than other states, according to a new study by the Brookings Institution, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank.

The study predicted that Salt Lake and […]

We would rather lose our jobs to robots than humans, a study shows

We would rather lose our jobs to robots than humans, a study shows

Losing your job to a human stings more than getting replaced by a robot, research found. The question has a surprising psychological factor for workers now and in the future.

Losing a job can be stressful and demoralizing. Seeing your role replaced by automation is an additional stressor that more workers will have to contend with and worry about in the future.

Robots are already replacing people in some jobs. Apps take orders in chain restaurants, and some supermarkets use self-checkout machines to replace checkers. This is the new reality. The Brookings Institution predicts that 36 million Americans face a “high […]

View from India: New chips on the block

Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI) and new chips are opening out previously unexplored avenues.

Vertical-specific AI and deep learning chips are doing the rounds for facial- and speech-voice recognition. AI is being used to understand multitude gesture exchanges. Market drivers for AI, deep learning, machine learning and IoT include computer vision and neural computing, high bandwidth demands, image and video computing, and the broader move towards wider, increased digitisation.

AI has been making inroads into such diverse professions as healthcare, retail, education and automobile. Income tax is a relatively new vertical to tap AI solutions. The direct tax panel […]

Job opportunities for Filipino youth

Job opportunities for Filipino youth

Bernardo M. Villegas A very insightful article that appeared in the Financial Times (August 27, 2019) by Noami Climer, co-chair of the Institute for the Future of Work in the U.K.) expounds on what it means to treat technology as an enabler rather than a threat. Starting with the observation that automation and AI are coming (indeed, they are already here) whether we like it or not, Ms. Climer says that it is up to us to determine whether the inevitable robots replace us at work or make our work happier and more rewarding. According to her: “At the […]

Automating A Job Reddit

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty published this data story about the price of Russian oil across Europe. The uncertain situation is additionally stressful because it’s hard to separate facts about the future of automation’s impact from (science. AI and automation are certain to have a big impact on today’s employment landscape. These are the top 10 best and worst jobs for the future. The more a job can be broken down into a series of routine tasks, the more likely it can be replaced. Gunbot allows you to easily automate professional crypto trading strategies. , where she fed paper into […]

Another Day, Another Dollar, Part III

Another Day, Another Dollar, Part III

Image source: Amazon.com, Inc. December 2019 — Myth Buster

Parts I and II of this series looked at the pervasive nature of sweatshops inside the US and Europe, the world’s wealthiest regions. Part III uncovers a curious and unexpected entrant into the overwork/underpay culture. How about a new twist: a major high tech sweatshop addict? The Myth Buster has previously tackled the fight for delivery leadership between Walmart [ ( WMT )] and Amazon [ ( AMZN )], a battle that rages on. But, Amazon also ranks as a major purveyor of low wages.

Will the Real Amazon […]

Why Worry About Automation?

Why Worry About Automation?

UnitoneVector/Getty Images In previous periods of technological displacement of workers, economists like John Maynard Keynes and Wassily Leontief worried that too few new jobs would be created to prevent higher long-term unemployment. Today, facing an onrushing wave of digital automation, many share their misplaced unease.

LONDON – From the Luddite movement in the early nineteenth century to the writings of prominent economists like John Maynard Keynes and Wassily Leontief generations later, the prospect of automation has always raised serious concerns about jobs. Keynes and Leontief doubted there would be enough jobs left for workers to do. Today, facing an onrushing […]

White collar workers will be most affected by AI in the new economy, study suggests

White collar workers will be most affected by AI in the new economy, study suggests

In 2015, Stanford University Ph.D. student Michael Webb watched as his classmates in the computer science program became increasingly interested in the advancements of artificial intelligence (AI). An outlier, he was more focused on the economic implications of the technologies.

But there was a dearth of reports that solely focused on the impact AI has on different sectors and occupations. Instead, most analyses generalized technology to include a wide range of automation and software.

Although often used interchangeably, AI and automation are not one and the same: AI technologies are designed to mimic human thinking and actions, while automation performs repetitive […]

We Would Rather Lose Our Jobs To Robots Than Humans, A Study Shows

We Would Rather Lose Our Jobs To Robots Than Humans, A Study Shows

sorbetto via Getty Images Losing a job can be stressful and demoralizing. Seeing your role replaced by automation is an additional stressor that more workers will have to contend with and worry about in the future.

Robots are already replacing people in some jobs. Apps take orders in chain restaurants, and some supermarkets use self-checkout machines to replace checkers. This is the new reality. The Brookings Institution predicts that 36 million Americans face a “high exposure to automation” in the coming decades, meaning they will have more than 70% of their role at risk of being substituted by artificial intelligence.

If […]