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10 Modern ‘Mechanical Turks’: When Automation Is Just Humans in Disguise

Wed, 04/03/2024 - 08:00

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Amazon’s grocery stores ditched their “Just Walk Out” technology on Tuesday, though it turned out the automated checkout system included 1,000 reviewers in India.

automation, amazon, Artificial Intelligence, OpenAI, crowdsourcing, carl jr, meta

Bernie Sanders Introduces Bill to Create a 4-Day Workweek, Republicans Melt Down

Thu, 03/14/2024 - 13:10

Gizmodo : Politics

Bernie Sanders, the nefarious propagandist for the Soviet Union, has done it again. This time, the Senator from Vermont has introduced a bill that would drastically reduce Americans’ working hours while maintaining their current levels of income. The legislation cites concerns about new forms of automation currently…

Bernie Sanders, sanders, Labor rights, automation, Bill Cassidy, four day workweek, workweek and weekend

AI is too expensive to steal some jobs — for now, MIT study finds

Tue, 01/23/2024 - 09:00

Tech Insider

An illustration of a man cutting workers on an assembly line — AI may not be coming for your job — yet.
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Tech, Careers, Tech, AI, Careers, automation, Jobs

4 careers where workers will have to change jobs by 2030 due to AI and shifts in how we shop, a McKinsey study says

Wed, 01/10/2024 - 10:04

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy

unemployment line — Applicants line up at a job fair at the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, NJ, on April 11, 2022.
Associated Press

economy, Careers, economy, AI, chat-gpt, generative-ai, the-great-resignation

Sorting out recycling from trash is the perfect example of a job few people want to do that AI is better than humans at

Thu, 11/09/2023 - 13:58

Tech Insider

A photo of aluminum cans at a recycling center in California. — Recycling facilities are struggling to find enough workers. Now, some are turning to robotics that, in some cases do a better job than humans.
Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images

Tech Insider, AI, artificial-intellegence, waste-management, Recycling, automation, robot

A virtual restaurant brand run by robots is operating inside Travis Kalanick's CloudKitchens. Here's how it works.

Thu, 11/09/2023 - 09:52

Tech Insider

Better Days by Remy Robotics wants to scale its wellness brand to 500 locations in five years.

Remy Robotics

Retail, Robots, fast-food, restaurants, AI, automation

Humans Are More Likely to Slack Off When Working With Robots, Study Finds

Wed, 10/18/2023 - 11:50

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Everyone knows (or may have had experience being) the colleague or classmate who’s taken the easy route on an assignment knowing someone else will swoop in to save the day. New research suggests that the same phenomena, which psychologists call “social loafing,” may also apply when a teammate is made of software and…