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Artificial Intelligence Is Analyzed for Its Future Effects

In 2015, Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future was published and got a lot of attention for its dire forecast that was specific and well argued. Now, author Martin Ford is back with the next chapter of advanced machines, namely artificial intelligence (AI), with the book Architects of Intelligence: […]

Automation’s Future Effect on California Is Contemplated

It’s rare to see the downside of automation featured on the front page of a mainstream publication, and Sunday’s Los Angeles Times gave the story a prominent spot just under the masthead:

La Times chose to use a local focus rather than national, perhaps thinking that regional analysis might make it more real to readers. The […]

Big Tech: Dr. Epstein’s 10-Point List of Techniques It Uses to Shift Votes Secretly

Robert Epstein’s Twitter account (@DrREpstein) says that this is his “breakthrough article” on the subject he has been researching for several years, namely the power of liberal social media giants to influence public opinion in very substantial ways. The upshot is that he is accumulating more evidence about how Big Tech functions to have become […]

Big Tech: Tucker Finds New Evidence of Political Bias at Google

Good on Tucker Carlson for keeping up his investigation of Big Tech’s manipulation of what appears on people’s computer screens with the aim of affecting American elections and electing liberals like Hillary Clinton.

In a September 20 segment, Carlson examined the Google response to President Trump’s so-called “Muslim ban” (a temporary measure which was quite popular […]

China: Only Four Humans Work in Automated Warehouse

Monday’s Washington Post has an interesting report about a roboticized warehouse that requires just one human to keep an eye on things. Perhaps the Post thinks it’s less edgy to portray Red China as being a heartless job-killer than to show the same thing in this country.

In a facility where “most workers have been rendered […]

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 […]

U.S. Lags Behind in Robot Readiness

The topic of a recent Washington Post article is hard to dispute: the United States is not planning ahead for the coming technological revolution to the world of employment. Certainly the subject of automation with its destructive effect on jobs is ignored or rarely mentioned in the capitol city.

There was a 2016 Senate hearing titled […]

Waymo Self-Driving Cars Apply for Driver-Free Test Permit in California

The self-driving juggernaut keeps advancing, taking the necessary technical and regulatory steps to turn the automation dream of Google that was discounted even by techies into a world-changing industry.

The Google spin-off company Waymo has applied to the state of California for a permit to allow driver-free cars on the roadways for testing. Of course, the […]

Retail Businesses Try to Catch Up with Amazon Technology

In the retail world, there’s an attempt being made to regain its market share by following the lead of Amazon with its use of technology. The major goal is saving the store as a place where people go and shop, rather than ordering everything online for delivery.

Below, the Amazon Go store offers a modern do-it-yourself […]

Automation Is Observed In Baltimore

A recent article in the Baltimore Sun investigated the topic of whether we should fear automation because of job loss. The piece is interesting because it contains a curiously balanced presentation with think tank projections for the future robotization versus current industry deflection with odd reasoning, e.g. “For every robot, you need a robot repair […]

Cotton Harvesting Technology Cuts Labor Costs

A century ago, one of the most miserable jobs was picking cotton in the hot sun. Now cotton farming has become highly automated like much of present-day agriculture. One cutting-edge machine is a John Deere cotton stripper which moves through the fields, picking and processing eight rows of cotton at a time and finally plopping […]

Tucker Carlson Analyzes the Big Picture of Immigration, including the Automated Future

The popular Fox News host appeared on another show onThursday and proceeded to give a brief history lesson on immigration and how today there is no longer a need for America to import mass numbers of foreign workers.

Tucker Carlson reminded the viewers that immigration should exist only when it helps — not harms — the […]

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Limits to Growth

Artificial Intelligence Is Analyzed for Its Future Effects

Automation’s Future Effect on California Is Contemplated

Big Tech: Dr. Epstein’s 10-Point List of Techniques It Uses to Shift Votes Secretly

China: Only Four Humans Work in Automated Warehouse

Tech Expert Martin Ford Discusses Robots in the Retail Sector

U.S. Lags Behind in Robot Readiness

Waymo Self-Driving Cars Apply for Driver-Free Test Permit in California

Retail Businesses Try to Catch Up with Amazon Technology

Automation Is Observed In Baltimore

Cotton Harvesting Technology Cuts Labor Costs

Tucker Carlson Analyzes the Big Picture of Immigration, including the Automated Future

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