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Robots May Steal Our Jobs, but Not as Quickly as We Thought

Posted in Business on 23rd Jan, 2017
by Alex Muller

Widespread automation is inevitable, but it wont happen as quickly as has been predicted.

Nobel economist: 'I don't think globalisation is anywhere near the threat that robots are'

Posted in Software on 24th Dec, 2016
by Alex Muller

Obama's White House warned on Thursday that advances in artificial intelligence and robotics have the potential to wipe out millions of job.

Foxconn's profit is up as increased deployment of robots improves cost control

Posted in Hardware on 13th Nov, 2016
by Alex Muller

Foxconn has been working to expand automation on its campuses, including the iPhone assembly facility in Zhengzhou.

Researchers: AI Could Take Over Much More Than Blue Collar Jobs

Posted in Business on 23rd Oct, 2016
by Alex Muller

There's a standing belief that some human experts, like doctors, lawyers, and accountants, cannot be replaced by robots equipped with artificial intelligence (AI).

The white house sizes up the future of artificial intelligence

Posted in Software on 14th Oct, 2016
by Alex Muller

The policy paper suggests retraining workers so they can work alongside artificial intelligence, rather than keeping jobs that the machines will explicitly do better.