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I couldn’t face watching three hours of Democrats jabbering at each other on Tuesday’s debate, but it was interesting that automation came up as a question from news person Erin Burnet (Transcript): BURNETT: I want to turn now to jobs. According to a recent study, about a quarter of American jobs could be lost to automation […] October 16th, 2019 | Category: replacing workers with smart machines | Tags: Andrew Yang, automation, Bernie Sanders, Democrat debate, immigration, job loss, low-skilled workers, robot, Senator Elizabeth Warren, smart machines, technology, unemployment |
 Email This Post |  Print This Post Bloomberg reports that farm robots are coming on strong, and that assessment makes perfect sense. The tasks of smart agricultural machines are generally simple and distinct, like weeding, plowing, spraying and picking: unlike self-driving cars, safety issues are minimal because human workers have disappeared from automated fields. In addition, recent robots have become increasingly autonomous, meaning […] May 18th, 2019 | Category: farm automation, replacing workers with smart machines | Tags: agriculture, automation, farm robot, farming, immigration, job displacement, low-skilled workers, robot |
Email This Post | Print This Post Except for the really high class restaurants, low-skilled workers are adequate for the simple tasks required in food prep. As a result, automated replacements are coming on particularly strong in the food industry, particularly since some workers have been clamoring for $15/hour — bad timing there. Below, McDonalds has begun to install ordering kiosks in its […] November 27th, 2017 | Category: replacing workers with smart machines | Tags: automation, food prep, immigrant workers, job displacement, kiosk, low-skilled workers, restaurant, robot |
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