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Robots Welcome the New Year with Awesome Dance Moves

Some robot companies build machines that can walk around, as opposed to those that stay put and perform precise tasks in manufacturing.

Boston Dynamics creates walk-about robots with two legs and four — both of which are good.

We humans walk around all the time and think nothing of it. But machines must be […]

Discussion: How the Pandemic May Speed the Adoption of Automation

Automation is coming on strong in the economy and will take millions of jobs in the next few years because as soon as a machine becomes cheaper for an individual task than a human, the worker will be gone. In addition, business owners like how robots work 24/7 and don’t require lunch, sleep or paychecks. […]

Women Face Job Loss from Automation

This is a somewhat curious article from the Wall Street Journal because of course women will lose employment when automation takes hold since many millions of women work. The piece uses a new McKinsey study, The Future of Women at Work, that specifically notes, “Women and men face a similar scale of potential job losses […]

Artificial Intelligence Will Revolutionize Society within 30 Years Says CEO

In Washington these days, even the supposed defender of sovereignty, President Trump, now admits he thinks increased immigration is needed to fill job slots.

Meanwhile, in Silicon Valley and similar tech outposts, experts see automation and artificial intelligence creating a future where fewer human workers are needed to produce more products and services. Assuming they […]

President Trump Signs Artificial Intelligence Initiative

A major worry in these parts has been the lack of automation awareness in the Trump administration. The last statement I can recall was in 2017 when Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin remarked, “It’s not even on our radar screen. . . 50-100 more years.” The tech world exploded at that ignorance, reported here: Treasury Secretary […]

Robots Are Ready for Next Financial Slump

It’s not news that when an economic downturn hits, business looks to cut numbers of expensive employees, but these days, the entrance of smart machines into the workplace makes the layoffs even easier for executives. It has happened before and it will happen again.

In fact, a 2013 investigation by the Associated Press found that […]

Tucker Carlson Explores the Coming Effects of Automation and Artificial Intelligence on Society — including Immigration

On Thursday’s show, Tucker Carlson connected the very important dots between automation-fueled job loss and immigration. He had seen the preview of the upcoming Sixty Minutes segment titled, Venture capitalist: AI will displace 40 percent of world’s jobs in as soon as 15 years.

Here’s a teaser video from Sixty Minutes (1:38 minutes in length) […]

When Machines Replace Humans behind the Wheel

The Christian Science Monitor recently took a good long look at how the automated future will affect workers in one of the nation’s largest job categories — trucking. Self-driving vehicles will likely cause a great number of the two million-plus truck drivers in America to be put out of work.

Below, a 2015 map of […]

Benefits of Automation Are Debated

Here’s a little discussion about automation and job loss that’s all too typical. Fox Business guy Stuart Varney asks a very basic question, that some companies, such as Walmart and Target, are turning to smart machines to replace humans and save money.

The robot guy gives a non-answer, purposely it seems, to distract from the […]

Trump Administration Promotes Jobs Training for Techno-Future

Washington’s lack of discussion about the coming onslaught of automation has been disturbing, but a recent flicker of awareness has been hopeful. Last week saw the rollout of a new initiative from the White House to prepare for the technological workplace of the future, emphasizing skills training and education for workers at all stages in […]

California: Self-Driving Taxis Are Planned

While there are skeptics about the self-driving project who think it will require more time and testing to materialize, top corporations are taking concrete steps to move forward. Billion-dollar companies see autonomous vehicles as the future of transportation and they don’t want to be left behind.

Two major automakers have recently announced their intention to […]

Limiting Immigration Is Considered in the Washington Post

It’s always welcome when someone approaches the immigration issue from the viewpoint of America’s needs, rather than the Third Worlders’ incessant demands to be admitted. Michael Anton got some attention for asking that question a few days ago: Why do we need more people in this country, anyway?

Why, indeed?

Immigration-fueled overpopulation must be recognized […]

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