Automation and the Crisis of Work
by Charles Hugh-Smith Technology, like natural selection, has no goal. When it comes to the impact of automation (robots, AI, etc.) on jobs, there are two schools of thought: one holds … Read more
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AUTOMATION: Soldiers will run a platoon attack of robot vehicles from a Bradley in a test.
via militarytimes: The month-long operation test at Fort Carson, Colorado, is aimed at getting data and feedback for the Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Ground Vehicle Systems Center. Army researchers are … Read more
The Good and the Bad of Job Automation
BY PATRICK WATSON People are worried robots will take their jobs. That’s a legitimate fear sometimes, but it’s not new. It is just another step in a process that started … Read more
The Outlook for Automation and Manufacturing Jobs in Seven Charts
by visualcapitalist View the high resolution version of today’s graphic by clicking here. Over the last decade, the prospect of mass automation has seemingly shifted from a vague possibility to an inescapable … Read more
Davos Elite Push To Automation
by SP The Hidden Automation Agenda of the Davos Elite (Fm NYT) DAVOS, Switzerland — They’ll never admit it in public, but many of your bosses want machines to … Read more
Blame China—Not Automation—For America’s Manufacturing Decline
by Spencer P Morrison, NEE A customer can have a car painted any color he wants as long as it’s black. ~Henry Ford In 1908 the American industrialist and culture hero Henry Ford … Read more
Rapid drop of the recruitment rates may accelerate hyper-automation and privatization of the US army
via failedevolution: Younger generations have been ‘trained’ by the dominant culture to act in more ‘pragmatic’ terms in the arena of a brutal economic cynicism. As the fight for a place … Read more
US Bank Citi Has Warned That It Could Shed Half Of Its 20,000 Tech And Ops Staff In The Next Five Years Due To The Rise Of Robotics And Automation.
by Geoffrey Grider CITIGROUP’S INVESTMENT BANK COULD AUTOMATE AS MANY AS 10,000 JOBS WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, A CHILLING FORECAST WARNS. EDITOR’S NOTE: In the interest of full disclosure, I … Read more
DARPA funding gene drive, CDC repealling ban on engineering viruses, and Automation.
by DudeYerRidic Hey fellow conspirators… This is my own theory I’ve drawn from connecting dots. First, The dots; Recently DARPA has been involved in many different “gene drive” technologies. eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2017/12/darpa-invests-100-million-in-gene-drive-technology/ The … Read more