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.”
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.”
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.”
FACT CHECK: Do Robots Or Trade Threaten American Workers More?
October 24, 2019 – Danielle Kurtzleben – NPR
“The question of whether trade or automation affects employment more not only divides economists, but appears set to drive major questions in the Democratic primary.”
Google’s AI is better at spotting advanced breast cancer than pathologists
October 15, 2018 – Charlotte Jee – MIT Technology Review
“The firm’s deep-learning tool was able to correctly distinguish metastatic cancer 99% of the time, a greater accuracy rate than human pathologists.”
Trigo raises $22 million to challenge Amazon Go with automated grocery stores
September 16, 2019 – Paul Sawers – VentureBeat
“Once supermarkets are fitted with an array of cameras, sensors, and computer vision smarts, customers can simply pick items from shelves, put them into their cart, walk out, and have the payment automatically deducted from their account.”