Walmart says automating its warehouses will actually give workers longer careers

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Inside a Walmart warehouse.

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Elon Musk predicts universal basic income will take off once AI replaces workers. Read his 8 best quotes about UBI.

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Automation Never Tasted So Good

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Walmart sees a bonkers improvement when it automates a warehouse

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An automated distribution center delivers twice the throughput with half the staff, Walmart's CFO said.

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Jobseekers and recruiters are all using AI. It's chaos.

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AI Robots battling it out amidst a flurry of falling resumes
Jobseekers and recruiters are both using AI to get a leg up. It's a battle of the bots.

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When Josh Holbrook, a software engineer in Alaska, was laid off in January, he didn't expect to spend too much time looking for a new job. He certainly didn't think he'd need to relearn the job-hunt process.

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

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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.

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

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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…

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

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AI may not be coming for your job — yet.

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

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

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

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Recycling facilities are struggling to find enough workers. Now, some are turning to robotics that, in some cases do a better job than humans.

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