Posted: Feb 11, 2017 2:46 am
▶ Humans Need Not Apply - YouTube -- CGP Grey on this subject
File:PPTMooresLawai.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia -- on the dramatically dropping cost of computation
Humans Need Not Apply — CGP Grey -- has a transcript
H.I. #19: Pit of Doom — Hello Internet -- that pit will be where not enough people will be able to make a living
Changes in the Horse Industry - HW37.pdf -- the US horse population peaked in 1920, because engine-driven vehicles were starting to put them out of work
New Wave of Deft Robots Is Changing Global Industry - NYTimes.com - "... 128 robot arms do the same work with yoga-like flexibility. Video cameras guide them through feats well beyond the capability of the most dexterous human. One robot arm endlessly forms three perfect bends in two connector wires and slips them into holes almost too small for the eye to see. The arms work so fast that they must be enclosed in glass cages to prevent the people supervising them from being injured."
Oranges and mandarins are inspected using artificial vision -- research into distinguishing fresh from rotten oranges using hyperspectral imaging, infrared and ultraviolet light, and other such techniques.
Armies of Expensive Lawyers, Replaced by Cheaper Software - NYTimes.com -- not the annoying kind, but lawyers involved in litigation discovery.
On ‘Jeopardy!’ Watson Win Is All but Trivial - NYTimes.com
Robot Soccer Goes Big Time - YouTube -- non-American football
America Has Hit “Peak Jobs” | TechCrunch
Researchers claim many jobs at risk for automation. Here's what they missed. -- Carl Frey and Michael Osborne at Oxford University conclude that something like 47% of US jobs could be automated out of existence in the next 20 years. Perception and manipulation they consider somewhat vulnerable to automation, and creative intelligence and social intelligence the least vulnerable. Report Suggests Nearly Half of U.S. Jobs Are Vulnerable to Computerization | MIT Technology Review has more. "In the first wave, we find that most workers in transportation and logistics occupations, together with the bulk of office and administrative support workers, and labour in production occupations, are likely to be substituted by computer capital."
How Technology Is Destroying Jobs | MIT Technology Review suggests that that is already happening, that automation has been destroying more jobs than are being created.
$50,000 strawberry-picking robot to go on sale in Japan | Crave - CNET
The AI Revolution Is On | Wired Magazine | Wired.com noting Automated Material Handling Order Fulfillment System — Kiva Systems -- warehouse robots that move around and pick up and carry stuff
Robots Could Take Over Fast Food Jobs - Careers Articles and Minimum Wage Jobs Won't Be Replaced With This Robot Anytime Soon -- an industrial robot arm that was programmed to make pancakes
China’s Troubling Robot Revolution - NYTimes.com -- China getting into industrial robots
Hey Boss, The Robots Are Coming For Your Job Too | The Daily Sheeple noting Hitachi Hires Artificially Intelligent Bosses For Their Warehouses | Popular Science -- seems like a lot of middle-management work is vulnerable to automation
Manufacturing Matters… But It’s the Jobs That Count - ewp-420.pdf -- "... the income level of peak manufacturing employment fell from $33,994 in 1970, to $9,576 in 2010. Thus, deindustrialization sets in sooner than in the past."
File:PPTMooresLawai.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia -- on the dramatically dropping cost of computation
Humans Need Not Apply — CGP Grey -- has a transcript
H.I. #19: Pit of Doom — Hello Internet -- that pit will be where not enough people will be able to make a living
Changes in the Horse Industry - HW37.pdf -- the US horse population peaked in 1920, because engine-driven vehicles were starting to put them out of work
New Wave of Deft Robots Is Changing Global Industry - NYTimes.com - "... 128 robot arms do the same work with yoga-like flexibility. Video cameras guide them through feats well beyond the capability of the most dexterous human. One robot arm endlessly forms three perfect bends in two connector wires and slips them into holes almost too small for the eye to see. The arms work so fast that they must be enclosed in glass cages to prevent the people supervising them from being injured."
Oranges and mandarins are inspected using artificial vision -- research into distinguishing fresh from rotten oranges using hyperspectral imaging, infrared and ultraviolet light, and other such techniques.
Armies of Expensive Lawyers, Replaced by Cheaper Software - NYTimes.com -- not the annoying kind, but lawyers involved in litigation discovery.
On ‘Jeopardy!’ Watson Win Is All but Trivial - NYTimes.com
Robot Soccer Goes Big Time - YouTube -- non-American football
America Has Hit “Peak Jobs” | TechCrunch
Researchers claim many jobs at risk for automation. Here's what they missed. -- Carl Frey and Michael Osborne at Oxford University conclude that something like 47% of US jobs could be automated out of existence in the next 20 years. Perception and manipulation they consider somewhat vulnerable to automation, and creative intelligence and social intelligence the least vulnerable. Report Suggests Nearly Half of U.S. Jobs Are Vulnerable to Computerization | MIT Technology Review has more. "In the first wave, we find that most workers in transportation and logistics occupations, together with the bulk of office and administrative support workers, and labour in production occupations, are likely to be substituted by computer capital."
How Technology Is Destroying Jobs | MIT Technology Review suggests that that is already happening, that automation has been destroying more jobs than are being created.
$50,000 strawberry-picking robot to go on sale in Japan | Crave - CNET
The AI Revolution Is On | Wired Magazine | Wired.com noting Automated Material Handling Order Fulfillment System — Kiva Systems -- warehouse robots that move around and pick up and carry stuff
Robots Could Take Over Fast Food Jobs - Careers Articles and Minimum Wage Jobs Won't Be Replaced With This Robot Anytime Soon -- an industrial robot arm that was programmed to make pancakes
China’s Troubling Robot Revolution - NYTimes.com -- China getting into industrial robots
Hey Boss, The Robots Are Coming For Your Job Too | The Daily Sheeple noting Hitachi Hires Artificially Intelligent Bosses For Their Warehouses | Popular Science -- seems like a lot of middle-management work is vulnerable to automation
Manufacturing Matters… But It’s the Jobs That Count - ewp-420.pdf -- "... the income level of peak manufacturing employment fell from $33,994 in 1970, to $9,576 in 2010. Thus, deindustrialization sets in sooner than in the past."