Robots aren’t taking warehouse employees’ jobs, they’re making their work harder
By: Shirin Ghaffary October 22, 2019 In the past few years, some have wildly speculated about how automation will eliminate wide swathes of the US job market, leaving masses of unemployed, frustrated workers. It’s an issue that’s raised enough concern that 2020 Democratic presidential candidates spent a good amount of time arguing about it in […]
What happens if your mind lives for ever on the internet?
By: Michael Graziano October 22, 2019 I magine that a person’s brain could be scanned in great detail and recreated in a computer simulation. The person’s mind and memories, emotions and personality would be duplicated. In effect, a new and equally valid version of that person would now exist, in a potentially immortal, digital form. […]
The race to build a flying electric taxi
By: BBC October 22, 2019 For any commuter the prospect of being whisked to and from work in a fraction of the time it usually takes is pretty irresistible. No traffic jams, no train delays and no cold platforms – what’s not to love? This is the promise of more than a hundred companies developing […]