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08/24/2018 / By Rhonda Johansson

The rise of robot automation will DESTROY jobs among citizens and immigrants alike

Almost half of us could be unemployed in the next two decades thanks to automation. Building on the now infamous 2013 report by Frey and Osbourne, many industry experts warn that artificial intelligence could very well lead to 47 percent of our local workforce being replaced by robots within two decades. “Technological unemployment is growing […]

08/12/2018 / By Rhonda Johansson

Robot surgery putting patients at risk due to lack of training for doctors

An unintended consequence of automation and the speed in which it is improved is that humans can’t keep up. While this may not seem important to you now, consider that the newly graduated surgeon performing on you may have no idea what he’s doing. This is the warning given by Matthew Beane, an assistant professor […]

08/09/2018 / By Rhonda Johansson

Machine learning may already be expanding out of control, beyond the ability of humans to stop it, warn computer scientists

When Alice fell down the rabbit hole, she got everything she asked for and more; cute little rabbits with gloves on their hands, caterpillars that could talk, and mean, nasty flowers that thought she was a weed. It’s a comical story, but one that could become reality in the future. The expression of “going down […]

07/25/2018 / By Rhonda Johansson

Meaningless misery awaits: Self-driving cars, robots and AI will leave a THIRD of the population unemployed, expert warns

Computing expert at Oklahoma University, Dr. Subhash Kak, predicts a very grim future for us. According to him, we’re driving ourselves to a future that’s meaningless – and it’s all thanks to our disturbing desire to automate everything. This miserable future is the inevitable outcome of the snowball effect self-driving cars would have in how […]

10/10/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

Is having sex with a robot CHEATING on your spouse? 40% say no

Four out of 10 Britons would not consider having an “affair” with a sex robot as cheating. The dalliance, if that, was seen to not have any significant difference as to watching adult films or using sex toys while in a romantic human relationship. Even so, one in three adults said they would be “horrified” […]

08/19/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

Batteries for Apple’s new electric car will be made in China using toxic heavy metals

Chinese publication, Yicai Global has reported that global tech giant, Apple, is renewing its plans to be a major player in the electronic vehicle (EV) market, with operations to develop its own autonomous car on the way. Supposedly, Apple would be sourcing their batteries from leading Chinese manufacturer, Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd. (CATL). CATL developed […]

08/19/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

AI vehicles easily confused by simple stickers placed on road signs

Scientists say that we’re still a few tweaks and tricks away from a completely driverless future. Current technology is, even now, showing flaws; difficulties that could potentially place passengers in life-threatening situations. Researchers from the University of Washington observed that even basic changes to road signs can confound robots. Simple hacks such as placing stickers […]

08/06/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

Rise of the robots: Bricklaying human labor nearly obsolete by 2020

An estimated 500,000 construction jobs will be replaced by robots by 2020, concludes a troubling analysis published by the World Economic Forum. The report claims that out of the 5.1 million jobs expected to be lost due to automation, 10 percent will be focused in the construction industry. Experts say that this may be because […]

08/01/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

Meet Tally, the grocery store shelf auditing robot that’s going to put thousands of low-wage grocery workers out of a job

Losing our jobs to robots is no longer a topic of vague interest; it is now a very real situation, one further evidenced by the introduction of Tally, the newest automated shelf-auditing and analytics system slated to hit grocery stores soon. Developed by Simbe Robotics, Tally is the world’s first robot to capture, report, and […]

07/08/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

Caterpillar gets behind massive brick-laying construction robot that can lay 1,000 bricks per hour

Robotics company, Fastbrick Robotics has signed a memorandum of understanding with global construction manufacturer Caterpillar to develop, manufacture, and sell the former’s bricklaying technology. Fastbrick is the developer of Hadrian X, a one-armed bricklaying robot which can lay 1,000 bricks an hour, gluing them in place as it works. This means that Hadrian X can […]

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