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Tucker Carlson: H-1b Visa Program Continues to Displace American Workers

Is President Trump depending on the general lameness of the 2020 Democrats — the Cuba-loving commie and the senile gasbag — to assure his re-election?

Unfortunately for the American people, the president cannot honestly campaign on his record of immigration enforcement to attract voters, though he promised a lot of policing in the beginning of […]

Retail Robots Are Coming at Every Level

To a large degree, automation’s job replacement has occurred out of the public eye, such as in factories, but we could soon find the appearance of smart machines in retail outlets — see Business Develops More Cashierless Stores.

Doubtless the number of human workers may seem excessive to business owners looking to save money by […]

World of Work Faces “Global Crisis” from Automation

Martin Ford, the technology expert whose 2016 book Rise of the Robots woke up a lot of people to the automation risk, is continuing to speak to audiences warning them about the threat of a jobless future.

He recently spoke in Armenia to discuss the topic as described below — but perhaps he should be […]

Candidate Biden Pledges Huge Immigration Increase

Candidate Joe Biden is such a fascinating gaffe machine that sometimes his serious policy quotes get overlooked. He had one a few days ago when he was speaking to the Asian Latino Coalition, where he uttered the much-reported Bidenism, “Poor kids are just as bright as white kids.”

At the same event, he supported […]

Warehouse Work Is Increasingly Done by Robots

A major reason why Amazon honcho Jeff Bezos is the richest man in the world ($132B in 2018) was his early adoption of robots in his warehouses — see my 2016 article Amazon Robotics in The Social Contract for background.

Below, the Kiva robots of Amazon scoot under the appropriate rack of merchandise and bring […]

Farm Robots Advance in Technology with Increased Autonomy

Bloomberg reports that farm robots are coming on strong, and that assessment makes perfect sense. The tasks of smart agricultural machines are generally simple and distinct, like weeding, plowing, spraying and picking: unlike self-driving cars, safety issues are minimal because human workers have disappeared from automated fields.

In addition, recent robots have become increasingly autonomous, […]

Robot Picker Sorts Tomatoes According to Ripeness

Do you still think of picking fruits and vegetables as an occupation that requires migrant workers to do the hard work? That industry, along with many others, is being transformed by the introduction of smart machines.

The latest in pickers can now detect degrees of ripeness to suit the market — more ripe for local […]

President Trump Loses Lou Dobbs over Big Immigration and Corporate Suck-Up

Fox Business TV host Lou Dobbs had been an enthusiastic supporter of the president, but the recent sight of Trump cozying up in the White House with Apple CEO Tim Cook and US Chamber of Commerce honcho Tom Donahue sent the broadcaster over the edge.

Even worse may have been the reaffirmation of increasing […]

Non-Crisis on Border Is Getting Worse

Former CIA analyst Buck Sexton appeared on the Tucker Carlson show on Monday to report from a recent visit to the southern border on what’s going on there. The border zone situation is “getting worse” as Sexton said twice because the thousands of demanding invaders have “overwhelmed the system with lawlessness.”

Below, foreigners (right) carry […]

Amazon’s Holiday Business Shows Increased Automation and Fewer Workers

Jeff Bezo’s incorporation of automation into online shopping has made Amazon the world leader in e-commerce by utilizing the technology of robots. His business acumen has also made him the richest man on earth, worth around $150 billion.

Now the holiday sales statistics are in, and the system is working well: there were more […]

Tech Expert Martin Ford Discusses Robots in the Retail Sector

In 2015, Martin Ford wrote the book Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future, a work that got a lot of attention because of its detailed warnings about an economy totally transformed by automation. Big tech, business and the general public continue to be interested in what Ford has to […]

Apple Expands Its Self-Driving Fleet

In the future, it’s possible we will see cars as computers with wheels and may shop accordingly for a self-driving vehicle that matches up with our laptop — particularly now that Apple is becoming a bigger player in that segment of the automated future. The company appears to be upping its interest in the self-driving […]

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