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The agricultural labor conundrum
Frank Tobe
09 Aug 2017
Instead of worrying so much about robots taking away jobs, maybe we should worry more about wages being too low for robots to even get a chance. Seasonal labor for harvesting agricultural products, p...
Does the next industrial revolution spell the end of manufacturing jobs?
The Conversation
25 Jul 2017
By Jeff Morgan, Trinity College Dublin
Robots have been taking our jobs since the 1960s. So why are politicians and business leaders only now becoming so worried about robots causing mass unemploym...
To really help US workers, invest in robots
Nikolaus Correll
31 Mar 2017
America’s manufacturing heyday is gone, and so are millions of jobs, lost to modernization. Despite what Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin might think, the National Bureau of Economic Research and S...
Launching RoboJobs: The new dedicated jobs board for the global robotics community
Hallie Siegel
22 Apr 2014
RoboJobs is a new dedicated jobs board for the global robotics community that connects both seasoned robotics experts and recent top graduates with entrepreneurs and established businesses seeking the...
Don’t blame technology for persistent unemployment | Slate
John Payne
06 Oct 2013
Posting on the Slate blog Future Tense, James Bessen takes issue with the notion that technology causes unemployment, illustrating his point by debunking a pair of frequently cited examples, textile w...
Welcome, Robot Overlords. Please don’t fire us? | Mother Jones
Hallie Siegel
13 May 2013
Smart machines probably won't kill us all—but they'll definitely take our jobs, and sooner than you think.
Read more: Mother Jones...
Robohub focus: Dealing with the ‘jobs’ question
Hallie Siegel
15 Apr 2013
For the next week, Robohub will host a special focus on robots and jobs, featuring original articles from leading experts in the fields of robotics and automation. The goal of the series is to explore...
Nate the Robot RH.4: Who wants those jobs?
Jim Haas
15 Apr 2013
This post is part of Robohub's Jobs Focus.
"People hate me because they say robots steal jobs."
"What jobs?"
"Low paid, extremely dangerous, repetitive, physically demanding..."
*boggle*
"I kno...
Ability to do creative, non-routine work will be a must in the coming automation era. Is this realistic for most workers?
Martin Ford
13 Apr 2013
There can be no doubt that technological progress has resulted in a far more prosperous society. Technology has often disrupted entire industries and, in some cases — as with the mechanization of ag...
Robots and the economy: Red herrings, or canaries in a coal mine?
Matt Beane
13 Apr 2013
Recent economic trends are perplexing. Corporate profits are up. Productivity is up. Jobs and pay for the average worker have crashed, and are recovering slower than in any other decade on record. ...
Why use robots, round 3
John Payne
15 Sep 2007
Why use robots to do what people can do, when there are so many unemployed?
Before responding to that question, let me turn it around. Why, given that there are no laws preventing them f...
