July 18 2018 – Kaveh Waddell – Axios
Low-wage workers get trapped in largely manual jobs because of the difficulty of acquiring better-paid skills, according to a new study from MIT.
The hurdles to job-jumping
Why do some in the tech community support universal basic income? They’re ‘terrified’ about the future.
July 11 2018 – Eric Johnson – Recode
So says Annie Lowrey, the author of a new book called “Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World.”
Faulty Facts: Why We Need To Think About The Future Of Work Now
July 10 2018 – Michael Solomon – 10x Management
We need to find a new measure of unemployment that factors in those who are so disillusioned and disenfranchised by either the job market or specifically, the competition from automation and artificial intelligence that they have given up the search for full-time employment.
Who Really Stands to Win from Universal Basic Income?
July 9 2018 – Nathan Heller – The New Yorker
Thus far, Universal Basic Income lives entirely in people’s heads—untried at any major scale.
Blind robots that feel
July 8 2018 – Steve LeVine – Axios
In a turn away from vision, a team at MIT has created a feline robot that attempts to better approximate how humans and animals actually move, navigating stairs and uneven surfaces guided only by sensors on its feet.
The robot riot of 2016
July 8 2018 – Steve LeVine – Axios
For two years, historians, economists and others have pondered whether western leaders, facing a growing populist challenge, must prepare for an even greater temblor resembling the French Revolution or 1930s fascism.
High-Skilled White-Collar Work? Machines Can Do That, Too
July 7 2018 – Noam Scheiber – The New York Times
One of the best-selling T-shirts for the Indian e-commerce site Myntra is an olive, blue and yellow colorblocked design. It was conceived not by a human but by a computer algorithm — or rather two algorithms.
Silicon Valley company raises $250 million to automate “mundane” jobs
July 3 2018 – Dan Primack – Axios
Automation Anywhere, a 15 year-old robotic process automation company, raised $250 million in Series A funding to automate “mundane” jobs
Confessions of an accidental job destroyer
June 26 2018 – Erin Winick – Technology Review
Behind every piece of automation is a human who made it happen.
This is how the robot uprising finally begins
June 25 2018 – Will Knight – Technology Review
Combining the latest advances in artificial intelligence with robots could transform manufacturing and warehousing—and take AI to the next level.