Robots in workplace ‘could create double the jobs they destroy’
By: Richard Partington September 17, 2018 The rise of machines, robots and algorithms in the workplace stands to create almost double the number of jobs for the global economy by the middle of the next decade than it puts at risk of being replaced. According to the World Economic Forum (WEF), about 133m jobs globally […]
Amazon’s Cashier-Free Stores Are Going National. And It Might Just Change the Future of Retail.
By: Kristin Houser August 28, 2018 MORE CHOICES. If you live in Seattle and want to pick up a quick snack without having to wait in a checkout line, you’ve now got two options for where you can do so. On Monday, Amazon officially opened its second cashier-less convenience store in the Emerald City. To […]
More than 6m workers fear being replaced by machines – report
By: Richard Partington August 6, 2018 More than six million workers are worried their jobs could be replaced by machines over the next decade, according to a report urging trade unions and the government to provide more support for those at risk. The findings come as Yvette Cooper, the Labour chair of the Commons home […]
Businesses must address impact of next industrial revolution, says Siemens boss
By: The Guardian July 16, 2018 Global workforces will fall as the next industrial revolution gets under way, the head of one of Germany’s biggest firms has warned, unless workers are retrained with new skills. Joe Kaeser, global chief executive of the engineering giant Siemens, said up to almost a third of jobs could be […]
Being human: how realistic do we want robots to be?
By: Keza MacDonald June 27, 2018 As our dependence on technology builds and the privacy-destroying, brain-hacking consequences of that start to come to light, we are seeing the return of a science-fiction trope: the rise of the robots. A new wave of television shows, films and video games is grappling with the question of what […]
Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and the Feud Over Killer Robots
By: Cade Metz June 10, 2018 SAN FRANCISCO — Mark Zuckerberg thought his fellow Silicon Valley billionaire Elon Musk was behaving like an alarmist. Mr. Musk, the entrepreneur behind SpaceX and the electric-car maker Tesla, had taken it upon himself to warn the world that artificial intelligence was “potentially more dangerous than nukes” in television […]
When thoughts control machines
By: New York Times May 17, 2018 Efforts to connect human brains to computers have taken big leaps forward in recent years. Melding our minds with machines could provide the biggest single upgrade to human intelligence since our species evolved. But are we ready? Read Full Article
Air taxis: we have lift-off…
By: Ian Tucker March 4, 2018 Airbus Vahana Last month Airbus released a video of the first successful test flight of its electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) autonomous drone. Although it only hovered in the air for 53 seconds, the fact that its eight rotors were powered entirely by electricity was a landmark for […]
Nearly half of current jobs could be automated by 2055, according to a new report
By: Patrick Caughill February 03, 2018 According to a new report from the McKinsey Global Institute, nearly half of all the work we do will be able to be automated by the year 2055. However, a variety of factors, including politics and public sentiment toward the technology, could push that back by as many as […]