Jan 30 2018 – Designboom
AKQA London brings jobs of the future to life with a few sketches of what new roles could look like.
AKQA London Visualizes Future Jobs Predicted at World Economic Forum
Tax Incentive Puts More Robots on Factory Floors
Jan 26 2018 – A. Tangel & Patrick McGroarty – Wall Street Journal
New tax rules are hastening automation and modernizing in U.S. factories by giving manufacturers an incentive to buy machinery and boost productivity in a tight labor market.
Every Study We Could Find On What Automation Will Do To Jobs In One Chart
Jan 25 2018 – Erin Winick – MIT Technology Review
There are about as many opinions as there are experts.
We All Think Our Jobs Are Safe From Automation
Jan 25 2018 – Erin Winick – MIT Technology Review
A recent NPR/Marist poll found that people across all industries are optimistic when it comes to the prospect of robots replacing them.
1 Fun Thing: What Really Happened With Fabio
Jan 24 2018 – Steve LeVine – Axios.com
An experiment with an Edinburgh grocery store leaves Fabio the conversational robot jobless.
Amazon’s New Prey
Jan 24 2018 – Steve LeVine – Axios.com
Opening day at the new AmazonGo store signifies further disruption in the retail industry.
The Case For Reskilling — Now…
Jan 24 2018 – Steve LeVine – Axios.com
Almost 1 million Americans will see their occupation vanish by 2026, and they have to train for a wholesale career change.
… Amid a General Disconnect
Jan 24 2018 – Steve LeVine – Axios.com
With countless forecasts of jobs to be lost in the growing tech disruptions, there are multiple disconnects.
Alstom Testing Automated Freight Train in The Netherlands
Jan 22 2018 – BBC News
French train engineering giant Alstom is to test automated freight trains in the Netherlands this year.
Minimum Wage Increases Could Speed Up Robot Adoption in the U.K.
Jan 4 2018 – Erin Winick – MIT Technology Review4
British government policies to boost income for poorly paying jobs could actually incentivize firms to automate instead.