AvatarVentureBeatAvatarAvatarEmployees lament lack of automation tools for productivity: monday.com surveyverified_publisherVentureBeat - Victor DeyA recent collaborative study by work management platform monday.com and independent research company RepData illuminates the importance of software and technology tools, and specifically tools for automation, in boosting productivity for the evolving workforce. The results from the Global …
AvatarVentureBeatAvatarAvatarReport: 63% of millennials approve of automation in the workplaceverified_publisherVentureBeat - VB StaffAccording to a new study by the human-centered automation company Hyperscience, 81% of people believe automation can lead to more meaningful work, despite common misperceptions around what automation is, how it’s being used today, and how the U.S. workforce views it. In its 2021 Automation Pulse …
AvatarVentureBeatAvatarAvatarAI’s real effect on jobs? It’s complicatedverified_publisherVentureBeat - Arthur ColeTo some, AI is a job killer. To others, it is a job enhancer. But like every other form of labor development since the first farmer hitched an ox to a plow and displaced a hundred field hands, AI’s impact on the modern job market will be mixed. Without question, AI will take on many tasks that …
AvatarVentureBeatHow robotics and automation could create new jobs in the new normalverified_publisherVentureBeat - Paul SawersDepending on who you ask, AI and automation will either destroy jobs or create new ones. In reality, a greater push toward automation will probably both kill and create jobs — human workers will become redundant in certain spheres, sure, but many new roles will likely crop up. A report last year …
AvatarVentureBeatAvatarAvatarThe promise of automation — and those who could be left behindverified_publisherVentureBeat - Seth ColanerIf you squint just right, the immediate future of work looks bright. Despite widespread unemployment during the pandemic — up to 16.3 million in the U.S. as of July, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics — new jobs, and new types of jobs, are surfing the oncoming wave of robots and …
AvatarVentureBeatAvatarAvatarThe meatpacking industry is an incubator for AI, automation, and COVID-19verified_publisherVentureBeat - Kyle WiggersIn early spring 2020, Smithfield, Tyson, and other industrial food suppliers warned that upwards of millions of pounds of meat could disappear from the U.S. supply chain as a result of the coronavirus. Although it now appears these fears were overblown or possibly a ploy to bolster exports …
AvatarVentureBeatAvatarAvatarThe role of autonomous ships in a world wary of pandemicsverified_publisherVentureBeat - Paul SawersCOVID-19 is accelerating technological advances across just about every industry, from robotic baristas that promote social distancing to AI and remote collaboration tools that help manual laborers get back to work. The pandemic has had a direct impact on the transport realm, with social distancing …
AvatarVentureBeatSmooth teleoperator: The rise of the remote controllerverified_publisherVentureBeat - Paul SawersWhen an interviewer pressed Postmates VP Ali Kashani last year on whether the company’s use of teleoperation technology was an “admission” that AI alone can’t solve all of the challenges its robots encounter on sidewalks, Kashani swiftly retorted: “That’s a strategy, not an admission.” Postmates, …
AvatarVentureBeatAvatarAvatarAI Weekly: Announcing our ‘Automation and jobs in the new normal’ special issueverified_publisherVentureBeat - Seth ColanerAside from staying alive and healthy, the biggest concern most people have during the pandemic is the future of their jobs. Unemployment in the U.S. has skyrocketed, from 5.8 million in February 2020 to 16.3 million in July 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. But it’s not only …
AvatarVentureBeatAvatarAvatarHow AI and remote collaboration tools could help the construction industry get back to workverified_publisherVentureBeat - Paul SawersIn the two-plus months of global lockdown, much of the digital debate has focused on the pandemic’s long-term impact on the global workforce. Remote working has suddenly become the norm for millions of people, and companies like Twitter have already confirmed that employees will be able to continue …
AvatarVentureBeatRobots, AI, and the road to a fully autonomous construction industryverified_publisherVentureBeat - Khari JohnsonBuilt Robotics executives are fond of saying that their autonomous system for construction equipment, like dozers and excavators, might be further along than many autonomous vehicles. In fact, CEO Noah Ready-Campbell insists you’ll see autonomous vehicles in controlled industrial environments — …