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Automation impact on employment

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Driverless tractors are here to help with the severe labor shortage on farms
CNBC
Bear Flag robotics is making autonomous tractors to help farmers make more food with fewer people.
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Driverless tractors are here to help with the severe labor shortage on farms
CNBC
Bear Flag robotics is making autonomous tractors to help farmers make more food with fewer people.
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Voice automation primed to disrupt restaurant industry
Forbes
More than 50% of searches will be voice-based by 2020, and the technology is evolving quickly to a point where it will act as a sort of concierge.
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Where machines could replace humans—and where they can’t (yet)
McKinsey
The technical potential for automation differs dramatically across sectors and activities.
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Automation and anxiety
The Economist
Will smarter machines cause mass unemployment?
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Automation: The future of work
The Agenda with Steve Paikin
The Agenda examines the effects of automation on job loss in Ontario, how it will shape future employment opportunities. and affect future generations.
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Will automation take away all our jobs?
TED
Here's a paradox you don't hear much about: despite a century of creating machines to do our work for us, the proportion of adults in the US with a job has c...
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AI will create as many jobs as it displaces by boosting economic growth
PWC
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and related technologies are projected to create as many jobs as they displace in the UK over the next 20 years, according to new analysis by PwC.
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AI and automation will replace most human workers because they don't have to be perfect—just better than you
Newsweek
Economists were skeptical that robots could permanently displace humans on a large scale. But look at what's happening to retail jobs: The economists were wrong.
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Automation threatening 25% of jobs in the US, especially the 'boring and repetitive' ones: Brookings study
CNBC
Certain people will feel the pain of automation more acutely than others, according to a new report by the Brookings Institution, titled, Automation and Artificial Intelligence: How Machines Affect People and Places.
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Automation threatens different demographics
Hourma Today
Is a robot coming for your job? That is more likely for Californians who work in Riverside, San Bernardino, Merced or Modesto, according to a report released this month by the Brookings Institution. Those who live in San Francisco or San Jose have a better chance of weathering a coming onslaught of automation and artificial intelligence. The new study by the Washington think tank suggests that int
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‘Robots’ are not 'coming for your job'—management Is
Gizmodo
Listen: ‘Robots’ are not coming for your jobs. I hope we can be very clear here—at this particular point in time, ‘robots’ are not sentient agents capable of seeking out and applying for your job and then landing the gig on its comparatively superior merits. ‘Robots’ are not currently algorithmically scanning LinkedIn and Monster.com with an intent to displace you with their artifici
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Automation could replace up to 800 million jobs by 2035: Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Finance
Some half of all jobs worldwide - or 800 million total jobs - could be at risk of becoming obsolete by 2035 due to the rise of automation. Thats the assessment from a new report written by Bank of America Merrill Lynch analysts.
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AI, the transcription economy, and the future of work
Wired
If you want to understand how technology is changing our job prospects, take a look at the folks who transcribe audio recordings into text.
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Automation to hit African Americans disproportionately
Axios
The trend could weigh down overall U.S. growth.
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Tech is splitting the U.S. workforce in two
Medium
Tech Is Splitting the U.S. Workforce in Two. A small group of well-educated professionals enjoys rising wages, while most workers toil in low-wage jobs with few chances to advance.
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What we know about AI, and what we don’t
Dropbox
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The robots are coming, and Sweden is fine
The New York Times
In a world full of anxiety about the potential job-destroying rise of automation, Sweden is well placed to embrace technology while limiting human costs.
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China’s slowdown already hit its factories. Now its offices are hurting, too.
NY Times
White-collar workers face job cuts and shrinking paychecks even in go-go industries like technology, suggesting the economic pain is broader than official figures show.
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How immigrant workers are preparing for automation in agriculture
The World
Immigrants, who comprise the majority of agriculture industry workers in the US, are turning to training and education to make sure they’re not left behind by automation.
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How Ford, GM, FCA, and Tesla are bringing back factory workers
The Verge
Ford, General Motors, Fiat Chrysler of America, and Tesla all brought factory employees back to work in the last week or two, and each company published a plan showing how it will keep them safe. The one thing they’re all missing? Testing.
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California ‘gig’ worker law affects employers inside and outside the state
Insurance Journal
A California law that makes it harder for companies to treat workers as independent contractors takes effect next week, forcing small businesses in and
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Companies are increasingly worried about what their employees say
Economist
The boundaries between people’s work and private lives are increasingly blurred
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Facebook designed a tool that would let employers blacklist words like 'unionize' in employee chats
Business Insider
Facebook designed a built-in feature for Workplace, the company’s office-communication product meant to compete with Slack and Microsoft Teams, that would let employers suppress workers’ discussions of unionization.
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Is tech stratifying and automating our workforce beyond repair?
Governing
A recent Oxford study estimated that “47% of the jobs in developed nations will vanish in the next 25 years as a result of automation.” Reimagining our workforce, jobs and worker rights may be our only solution.