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Topic: robots

Robots spell trouble for millennial workers in Europe and US

Ferdinando Giugliano - 9 December, 2019

It would be foolish to dissuade companies from investing in more productive machines. However, governments must ensure that the impact is spread evenly.

No, data doesn’t support theory that robots are replacing human workers

Noah Smith - 21 November, 2019

If firms are adding robots to production, it should show up as accelerating productivity. But labour productivity growth has slowed to a crawl since 2010.

Workers might welcome robots taking over their jobs

Faye Flam - 27 August, 2019

A survey found a robotic takeover was easier to accept because it didn’t batter people’s self-image quite so brutally as being replaced by another human.

Robot ‘Baxter’ could solve shortage of qualified nurses across the world

Ali Ingersoll - 23 August, 2019

Students and professors at Imperial College London are developing a robot to assist patients after looking at nursing shortage statistics paired with aging population demographics.

Robots are solving the very expensive research problem of banks

Charlotte Ryan - 7 August, 2019

Using so-called AI to automate swathes of the research process is quickly gaining traction because cost-conscious investment banks are downsizing.

Bankers’ cryptic language will no longer be Greek to you, thanks to robots

Amanda Billner - 26 June, 2019

For central bankers who have long thrived on wielding the power of words, growing use of technology means they’ll need to pay closer attention to what they say and how they say it.

AI-enabled journalism will still have jobs, but not the same ones

Nicholas Diakopoulos - 23 June, 2019

Newsrooms have always adapted to waves of new technology, including photography, telephones, computers – or even just the copy machine.

Robots might turn out to be great co-workers

Noah Smith - 19 June, 2019

The idea that robots will render humans obsolete & take over their jobs maybe unlikely as nobody knows how many jobs will be replaced and how.

AI is taking jobs & humans are missing the big picture

Mark Buchanan - 23 April, 2019

Most tech companies are focusing on replacing people with AI with an eye on short-term profits instead of using it to create new tasks for humans for long-term growth.