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Careers that are being automated into oblivion
You might think you're familiar with the steady march of automation. But the list of jobs that are being disrupted by technological change may surprise you.Peter Thompson's insight:A tongue-in-cheek...
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Artificial Intelligence and Death by Drones: the Future of Warfare will be...
The technocratic nightmare born out of trans humanism and eugenics receives another gift from the military industrial complex at the expense of humanity.Peter Thompson's insight:It's not exactly new...
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How tech changes the skills we need to learn | Impact Lab
Technology changes the skills we need to learn. A New York Times column written a while ago by Bill Keller, stirred up some controversy when he wrote that hePeter Thompson's insight:An interesting...
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Why nearly half of all jobs are at high risk of computerisation | Information...
New research from Oxford University finds that nearly 50% of all jobs are at high risk of automation in the next 20 yearsPeter Thompson's insight:The authors analysed (algorithmically, as it happens)...
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Small Business Labs: Labormetrics, Autonomy and Employee Tracking
The Wall Street Journal's Memo to Mobile Workers: The Boss is Watching covers the growing use of labormetrics systems to monitor and track their employees.Peter Thompson's insight:Even if you work...
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Robots test their own world wide web
An online platform, dubbed RoboEarth, is being unveiled this week as a kind of world wide web for robots.Peter Thompson's insight:And so starts the beginning of the end.....4 robots to work in...
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A Computer Program Has Passed the Turing Test For the First Time
This is big. A computer program has successfully managed to fool a bunch of researchers into thinking that it was a 13-year-old boy named Eugene Goostman. In doing so, it has become the first in the...
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Algorithm given seat on board
A venture capital firm has appointed a computer algorithm to its board of directors, allowing it to vote.Peter Thompson's insight:Some day, all business decisions will be made this way........can't...
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The Future of Work – A journey to 2022
Tremendous forces are radically reshaping the world of work as we know it. Disruptive innovations are creating new industries and business models and destroying old ones. New technologies, data...
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Let Digital Natives Be Your Guide in Defining the Future of Work
Don’t let complacency undermine your company’s hyperconnected present and future. Pervasive technology fundamentally changes how people communicate, discover and connect.See it on Scoop.it, via Rage...
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Welcome to the age of Digital cruelty, where two-thirds of operational jobs...
“Organizations have been trying to reduce their labor costs for decades, but something feels very different about the new Digital reality in which we operate.”See it on Scoop.it, via Rage against the...
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Experts weigh in on the coming robot takeover
If you're reading this, you're probably familiar with the debate over whether a robot will take your job. Will manufacturing ever provide a stable income again? Will robot nurses replace human...Peter...
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UN News - UN meeting targets 'killer robots'
The top United Nations official in Geneva has urged bold action by diplomats at the start of the world body's first ever meeting on Lethal Autonomous Weapons (LAWS), better known as “killer robots,”...
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Can a Robot Be Your Boss? - Knowledge@Wharton
Can a Robot Be Your Boss? Knowledge@Wharton Widely used software is analyzing customer data for algorithms, which in turn is changing when and where workers are deployed. Connect the dots, and the...
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Automation, jobs, and the future of work
The topic of job displacement has, throughout US history, ignited frustration over technological advances and their tendency to make traditional jobs obsolete; artisans protested textile mills in the...
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Meet Amelia: the computer that's after your job - Telegraph
A new artificially intelligent computer system called 'Amelia' – that can read and understand text, follow processes, solve problems and learn from experience – could replace humans in a wide range of...
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Cognitive technology: The rise of “bionic brains”
One of the most significant developments in technology in coming years will likely be the use of smart machines—cognitive technologies—to replace…Peter Thompson's insight:The case for humans &...
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Are we ready for companies that run themselves? – David Morris – Aeon
Get ready for companies that run themselves. But will the autonomous economy set us all free, or just make the rich richer?Peter Thompson's insight:Decentralised Autonomous Companies or DAC's are not...
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Will Computer-Automated Hiring Ever Become the Norm?
Last week, during a networking group discussion about the rise of robot workers, I was introduced to the seemingly innocuous but strangely portentous phrase 'below the API'. It seems that, in...
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Will Technology Replace Recruiters - Ask #HR Bartender - hr bartender
We talk about the importance of being technology savvy and the increasing use of technology in business. It stands to reason that embracing technology needs to be part of our job description.Peter...
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Robots poised to ditch the boring tasks and take on new jobs
New research demonstrate techniques that could eventually allow robots to perform swathes of new jobs.Peter Thompson's insight:Self learning algorithm means the bot can develop skillsSee it on...
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Tech professionals could become as hated as bankers - HITC Business
People who work in technology could become as hated as bankers, a top U.K. lawmaker has warned, as employees in the sector get richer.Peter Thompson's insight:Watc out for he expected backlash against...
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Humans Need Not Apply - YouTube
Discuss this video: http://www.reddit.com/r/CGPGrey/comments/2dfh5v/humans_need_not_apply/http://www.CGPGrey.com/ https://twitter.com/cgpgrey ## Robots, Etc...Peter Thompson's insight:Documentary...
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Replaceable Me - SogetiLabs
“From lab-grown lungs to mechanical eyes, the latest, and most realistic, artificial body parts.”See it on Scoop.it, via Rage against the Machine
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Robots expected to run half of Japan by 2035
Something-something 'robot overlords' .Data analysts Nomura Research Institute (NRI), led by researcher Yumi Wakao, figure that within the next 20 years, nearly half of all jobs in Japan could be...
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2015 in ML: Miracles and wonders: deep dreams, label machines, and my new...
2015 was a turning point year for machine learning. Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BFzu9m52sc Based on Andrej Karpathy's "NeuralTalk2" code, as modified by Kyle McDonald: a...
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The Rise of the Robots: Is this Time Different?
Peter Thompson's insight:Martin Ford suggests that there are major differences between previous technology threats & the current scope of artificial intelligence ...See it on Scoop.it, via Rage...
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What will the workplace of the future look like in 2016?
As the world of world is set to continue to change, there has been speculation as to what will the workplace of the future look like in 2016 and beyond. BrightHR, Lynda Gratton – professor of...
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10 Strategies for a Workable Future
An urgent public dialogue is unfolding about the state of the US workforce and its prospects for the next decade as a result of changing labor dynamics, growth of on-demand workers, and erosion of...
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The future of work intensifies - can a platform be ethical?
With 2015 winding down, the debate over the gig economy has moved from W-2 versus 1099 into a potent look at whether talent platforms will lead us to a flexible work utopia or a systematic transfer of...
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