Rice computer scientist Moshe Vardi: Human labor may be obsolete by 2045 Rice University computer scientist Moshe Vardi expects that within 30 years, machines will be capable of doing almost... Read more
There is no shortage of angst about the relentless advance of digital technology and what it means for the work force, if not humanity. Dire warnings have come from no less than Elon Musk, S... Read more
At this pace, the country’s robot population is going to outnumber people. If you are a human who works at the Kawada factory outside Tokyo, most of your coworkers are robots. On the a... Read more
Hoping for a future of 80% unemployment because so many jobs have been handed to robots, a self-described “raging techno-optimist” says we need to think about what that means for... Read more