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Pandemic Speeds Adoption of Robots by Business

The year-long Wuhan virus outbreak has been devastating for many economic sectors, but automation has come out a winner because when workers are forced by government into home imprisonment, smart machines can step in to replace the humans. Plus, business owners have developed a larger appreciation of the convenience and dependability of modern robot substitutes.

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Andrew Yang Ends His Presidential Campaign

As the media and other candidates awaited the results of the New Hampshire primary, candidate Andrew Yang announced he was calling it quits.

Tucker Carlson interviewed Yang last March about automation, and remarked on Tuesday that he was a “good guy personally and a serious person talking about things that actually matter and will […]

AI-enhanced Smart Machines and Software Will Endanger Some White-Collar Jobs

It’s certainly the case that low-skilled immigrants will not be employable in the coming automated economy when robots can perform simple tasks cheaply 24/7 with no coffee breaks.

But it’s also true that higher skilled persons won’t be needed in many fields as artificial intelligence (AI) develops more capability. Immigration in general should be dialed […]

Robot Taxation Idea Is Gaining Interest

It’s always nice to see serious thought given to dealing with the automated future, when millions of jobs are forecast to be lost. The employment economy is outstanding today, but robots will be chipping away at the number of workers as the cost of smart machines decreases in coming years.

A fundamental problem with the […]

Democratic Debate Includes Automation Discussion

I couldn’t face watching three hours of Democrats jabbering at each other on Tuesday’s debate, but it was interesting that automation came up as a question from news person Erin Burnet (Transcript):

BURNETT: I want to turn now to jobs. According to a recent study, about a quarter of American jobs could be lost to […]

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 […]

Robots Are Lowering Wages, According to Study

The Federal Bank of San Francisco recently sent around a letter asking, Are Workers Losing to Robots?

It turns out that not only are humans being replaced by smart machines, but workers are also getting reduced paychecks even in the booming jobs economy because of automation in the workplace.

The Fed report starts out:

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Humanoid Robot Does Gymnastics

Boston Dynamics is a company that likes its robots to walk around, either on two legs or four.

Its four-leggers trot around sort of like headless critters that can carry things, and the two-leggers are now doing amazing athletic movements. The most recent flips and hops are quite impressive— check out the video of […]

Candidate Bill de Blasio Explains his Plan to Diminish Automation’s Negative Effects to Tucker Carlson

On Thursday, Mayor Bill de Blasio appeared on Tucker Carlson’s show to discuss his presidential campaign along with the issue of automation, specifically how it threatens the jobs of millions of Americans in the near future.

An article written by de Blasio appeared in Wired the same day, titled Why American Workers Need to […]

Robots May Replace 20 Million Manufacturing Jobs by 2030

There’s a new automation report out, forecasting major job loss around the world from robots. The Oxford Economics study focuses on the manufacturing sector, which is what makes some economies run in Third World nations lacking economic diversity, and political instability may result.

Oxford Economics wants you to register your business on its website to […]

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 […]

Tucker Carlson Interviews Andrew Yang, Technology and Automation Critic

Andrew Yang is a technology expert who is running for president in 2020 on what might be called a Tech-Caution platform. Unlike the clueless characters currently running our national government, Yang understands the danger of automation and artificial intelligence — that when smart machines take over major employment categories in America, the economy will fail […]

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