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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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Alleged Plight of Illegal Aliens Is Never Forgotten in California’s Top Newspaper

California has declared a state of emergency because of raging wildfires in north and south, fueled by intensely high winds. The Kincade fire, in Sonoma County northeast of San Francisco, covered more than 100 square miles as of Tuesday morning. Millions of residents have had their electricity turned off because Pacific Gas and Electric wants […]

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 […]

Democrat Senator Introduces Automation Protection Bill

Senator Sherrod Brown recently submitted legislation that requires employers to notify workers of new technology being implemented and provide retraining. The costs will be on the business owners which is proper since they will be saving big money by replacing humans with machines: taxpayers should not be hit with the huge costs of transitioning to […]

Fox News: 2020 Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang Examines the Automation Issue

The presidential election of 2016 had zero mention of the coming automation threat, so the appearance of tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang as a 2020 presidential candidate was a hopeful sign that America might be alerted to the mass unemployment that is predicted for the future by numerous experts.

Andrew Yang discussed his presidential campaign on […]

Automation Endangers Future Jobs Economy, while Low-Skilled Foreigners Flood Open Border

Forbes provides a review of expert opinions about how the new automation/AI is going to roll out regarding the jobs economy over the next years. It notes the dire early predictions of mass unemployment, but tries to provide a balance with more upbeat forecasts of new jobs being created in the tech economy.

Forbes also […]

Port of Los Angeles: Drivers Resist Automated Trucks

It’s rare to see workers fight back against automation taking their jobs, but it’s useful for them to have a union that actually helps its clients. That’s what has been going on in the LA docks, where automation has been a source of contention for several years.

Unfortunately for the workers, the containerized shipping industry […]

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) […]

California Robotic Farm Shows Tech Is Changing Agriculture

It’s pretty big news when a totally robotic farm opens up, and that’s what happened recently in the San Francisco Bay Area — San Carlos to be precise, just a few miles north of San Jose.

The story got front-page notice on the San Francisco Chronicle last week:

In the video below, company co-founder […]

World Economic Forum Forecasts Machines Will Do More Work Than Humans by 2025

The WEF has a prediction that should get people’s attention because of the rapid entry of smart machines into the workplace. According to the experts, the world of employment is about to experience a revolution because of computers, robots and automation, and humans will find themselves priced out by machines that are cheaper and don’t […]

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