Many analysts point out that automation has generally led to more job creation than it destroys, but that in recent years the trend has created a skills gap that leaves out many workers.
Marcos Casarin, chief economist for Latin America at Oxford Economics, agreed the US import tariffs are likely to usher in a worse second half of the year for Latin America and its top economies.
Mattis also visited Naval Base Kitsap?in Bangor, Wash., home port for a fleet of Trident nuclear submarines.
Mascots of the 2018 FIFA World Cup are displayed at Kayford Holdings Ltd, a Hangzhou-based firm which is the global exclusive manufacturer. [Photo/VCG]
Mary L. Gray: If history is any indicator, most knowledge work and information service jobs that can be, at least in part, sourced, scheduled, routed, managed, shipped and billed through a mix of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), the internet, and a sprinkle of AI are up for grabs. Ghost work is not a niche job so much as a mechanism for dismantling of full-time jobs and transforming them into task-driven work done on contract. If trends continue at the current rate, economists estimate that by the early 2030s, tech innovation could dismantle and semi-automate roughly 38 percent of jobs in the U.S. alone (John Hawksworth et al., UK Economic Outlook: Prospects for the Housing Market and the Impact of AI on Jobs. London: PricewaterhouseCoopers, 2017).
Matthias Mueller is CEO of Volkswagen AG, the global automaker based in Germany.
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Matt Wood, a leader on the Amazon Web Services machine learning team, published a blog post in response to criticism from the American Civil Liberties Union and other advocacy groups, which have been demanding the company stop selling its Rekognition software to police. In the post, Wood cautions that we “should not throw away the oven because the temperature could be set wrong and burn the pizza.”
Mary L. Gray. Photo: Adrianne Mathiowetz
Many young offenders don't realize that their behavior is illegal and could see them in court. Some even think that they can escape investigation because the remarks have been posted on the internet.
Massive infrastructure input has paid dividends. By the end of September, 88 percent of Chinese broadband users were on fiber optic connections, according to figures released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.