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What kind of ‘swiper’ are you? A typology of people who steal from supermarkets at self-service checkouts.
Rio Tinto executive Kellie Parker said that in traditionally male dominated blue collar industries like mining, the types of jobs on offer have changed due to automation.
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Women have less to fear than men, and probably more to benefit, from the advent of robots.
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Some say the gig economy is capitalism’s final victory, but maybe it’s not.
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Elon Musk ‘s Tesla has serious production problems.
Automation could help us avoid future disasters.
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Developments in technology mean that we can use automation to reduce accidents on oil rigs.
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Governments have started to see automation as the key to brighter urban futures. But what will this look like?
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Tax policy favours machines over workers. Here’s how to change it.
Investment in AI research is growing in Canada, but there’s little thought about ethics, privacy and governance issues.
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Canada has a clear choice. Either it embraces the potential of being a leader in responsible AI, or it risks legitimating a race to the bottom where ethics, inequity and justice are absent.
Humans and robots can work together to create jobs for the future.
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Predicted job losses from the rise of the robots vary widely. So rather than worry about robots taking over, we should learn to work with them and use them as intelligent tools.
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ATMs, self-scan checkouts, automated calls, digital therapists … no wonder we’re all lonely.
In Australia, wage growth is lagging productivity growth across most sectors of the economy.
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The productivity gains businesses get some automating some jobs, aren’t being passed on to workers in higher wages, evidence shows.
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A new report suggests one in four jobs could be at risk in cities outside the south.
Would a robot appreciate this view?
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Robots are coming for humans’ jobs, but people should protect from automation the experiences that bring joy and happiness.
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The idea that automation and robotics will lead to huge job losses is wrong. Big business likes the sweat of cheap labour too much.
A professor teaches an online class with students from around the world.
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Artificial intelligence and automation are bringing changes to higher education that will challenge, and may even threaten, traditional universities.
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Developing country governments need to give attention to the risks associated with new technologies and develop context-specific responses.
The bulk of potential new jobs associated with automation at Amazon are unlikely to happen in Australia - but rather where robots are developed and manufactured.
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The arrival of Amazon in Australia may signal a change in how we navigate industrial relations and workers rights.
Humanoid robots at an international robotics competition in Tehran, Iran, during 2014. Students from 22 countries, including Canada, were competing during the three-day event.
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In their relentless pursuit of research commercialization, and bigger robots, universities might miss the real opportunity of technology - to make our world a better place.
Is chancellor of the exchequer, Philip Hammond, betting on tech utopia with plans to see autonomous vehicles on UK roads by 2021?
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It’s going to be difficult for UK government-backed autonomous vehicle projects to compete with Silicon Valley – unless they have something neat under the bonnet.
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The rise of robots and new technology threatens to take over many jobs, but just how many is still up for debate.