Jobs

So Where Are The Jobs?

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Dan Burstein, reporter, novelist and successful venture capitalist, declared Wednesday night at RobotLab‘s winter forum on Autonomous Transportation & SmartCities that within one hundred years the majority of jobs in the USA (and the world) could disappear, transferring the mantle of work from humans to machines. Burstein cautioned the audience that unless governments address the … Read more

The Robot State Of The Union

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Two weeks ago, while many humans were chugging green beer, Alphabet announced its divestment of its robotic portfolio.  This was greeted as suspiciously as its original purchase of Boston Dynamics, and many think Amazon could be the best suitor for the entire portfolio. As Wall Street bankers scratched their heads at the rash decision making by the company formerly known … Read more