Robots Affect Jobs
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Japan Looks To AI As Coronavirus Challenges Go-And-See Quality Control Mantra
Global manufacturers have long used robots in production while leaving the knotty work of spotting flaws mainly to humans. But social distancing measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 have prompted a rethink of the factory floor.
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Robots To Take Over 20 Million Jobs, Worsening Inequality: Study
Robots are expected to take over some 20 million manufacturing jobs worldwide by 2030, extending a trend of worsening social inequality while boosting overall economic output, a new study shows.
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Tech World Debate on Robots and Jobs Heats Up
A McKinsey study said "about half" of activities in the world's workforce "could potentially be automated by adapting currently demonstrated technologies."
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Robots Will Even Affect the Jobs of People We Thought Were Immune
We're used to thinking that the jobs that are most likely to be taken over by automation are low-skilled ones: clerks, lowly paper pushers, assembly line workers. In contrast, those on the very high end of the wage scale - doctors, CEOs and hedge fund managers - seem like they will be comfortably insulated from the robot revolution.
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Japan Looks To AI As Coronavirus Challenges Go-And-See Quality Control Mantra
Global manufacturers have long used robots in production while leaving the knotty work of spotting flaws mainly to humans. But social distancing measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 have prompted a rethink of the factory floor.
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Robots To Take Over 20 Million Jobs, Worsening Inequality: Study
Robots are expected to take over some 20 million manufacturing jobs worldwide by 2030, extending a trend of worsening social inequality while boosting overall economic output, a new study shows.
-
Tech World Debate on Robots and Jobs Heats Up
A McKinsey study said "about half" of activities in the world's workforce "could potentially be automated by adapting currently demonstrated technologies."
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Robots Will Even Affect the Jobs of People We Thought Were Immune
We're used to thinking that the jobs that are most likely to be taken over by automation are low-skilled ones: clerks, lowly paper pushers, assembly line workers. In contrast, those on the very high end of the wage scale - doctors, CEOs and hedge fund managers - seem like they will be comfortably insulated from the robot revolution.
