March 6, 2020 – Reilly Brennan – TechCrunch
“Moving from internal combustion to electric power does more than reduce tailpipe emissions: it will fundamentally shatter today’s auto maintenance and service sector.”
Boston Dynamics’ dog robot Spot is going to patrol an oil rig in Norway
February 13, 2020 – Charlotte Jee – MIT Technology Review
“Spot, a four-legged robot made by Boston Dynamics, has one of its first real-world assignments: oil and gas firm Aker BP will start using it to patrol a rig in the Skarv field in the Norwegian Sea this year.”
Robot Analysts Outwit Humans on Investment Picks, Study Shows
February 11, 2020 – Vildana Hajric – Bloomberg
“Fresh signs of robot supremacy are emerging on Wall Street in the form of machine stock analysts that make more profitable investment choices than humans.”
A.I. Is Learning to Read Mammograms
January 1, 2020 – Denise Grady – The New York Times
“Unlike humans, computers do not get tired, bored or distracted toward the end of a long day of reading mammograms…But in some instances, A.I. missed a cancer that all six radiologists found — and vice versa.”
This AI Can Detect ADHD Better Than Humans
December 11, 2019 – Victor Tangermann – Futurism
“MRI scans are able to spot any disruption in this network — but recognizing the patterns that could indicate a case of ADHD is much more difficult.”
How to redesign government work for the future
August 5, 2019 – William D. Eggers, Amrita Datar, David Parent & Jenn Gustetic – Deloitte
“As humans and intelligent machines working together becomes the norm in the workplace, organizations have an opportunity to maximize the potential of both.”
Robots are stepping in to help solve the worker shortage
July 21, 2018 – Alison Snyder – Axios
“As the workforce ages in some countries and middle-aged workers are in short supply, industrial robots are stepping in to perform their jobs.”
Better-educated, higher-paid workers will be ‘most affected’ by AI, per new study
November 19, 2019 – Rick Wartzman – Fast Company
“Some 25 million workers in the U.S. stand to be touched the most by AI. That’s about 15% of the nation’s labor force.”
Andrew Yang: Yes, Robots Are Stealing Your Job
11/14/19 – Andrew Yang – The New York Times
“Automation doesn’t just affect millions of factory workers and truck drivers. Bookkeepers, journalists, retail and food service workers, office clerks, call center employees and even teachers also face the threat of being replaced by machines.”
AI May Not Kill Your Job—Just Change It
10/31/19 – Wired – Sara Harrison
“In the study, researchers divided the listings into three groups based on the advertised pay, then examined how different tasks were being valued. What they found is that how we value tasks may be starting to change.”