Category: Field Notes
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Singapore Self-Driving Taxis to Economic Stagnation
Field Notes on the Automation Trap (06 August 2016) Your weekly notes on happenings, news, signals related to automation and alternative means on economic development. See more at The Automation Trap. I. ROBOTS IN THE NEWS The Second Order Impact of Self-Driving Cars Chris Dixon, a partner at Andreessen Horowitz, sees self-driving cars could mean: more […]
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Should European Robots pay Social Security Tax?
Field Notes on the Automation Trap (2nd of July) Your weekly notes on happenings, news, signals related to automation and alternative means on economic development. See more at The Automation Trap. Should European Robots pay Social Security Tax? The European Commission is considering classifying robots as “electronic persons with specific rights and obligations” with requirements […]
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Geneva Convention for War Robots? Blockchains for central banks?
Field Notes on the Automation Trap (22 June 2016) Your weekly notes on happenings, news, signals related to automation and alternative means on economic development. See more at The Automation Trap. How do we include War Robots in the Geneva Conventions? The prospect of autonomous weapons – drones that can decide to take a human […]
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Small Robot Invasion of Farms, Malls, Walmart
Field Notes on the Automation Trap (11 June 2016) These are my personal notes on happenings, news, signals related to my research on automation and alternative means on economic development. See The Automation Trap. Rise of Small Farm Robots: Or why the miniaturization of farm machinery will help encourage small, diverse farms. via Brian Halweil (18 […]
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Robots take 60,000 jobs in China, drive taxis in Singapore and more…
Field Notes on the Automation Trap (25 May 2016) These are my personal notes on happenings, news, signals related to my research on automation and alternative means on economic development. See The Automation Trap. “60,000 workers culled from just one factory as China’s struggling electronics hub turns to artificial intelligence” Via SCMP (22 May 2016): […]
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Reading List: Fast Food Orders & Technology as Job-Killers
While Occupy Wall Street goes global and sometimes violent (see Oakland), how much of the income disparity in the United States is due to technology hollowing out the American middle class? What has happened to bank tellers, travel agents and printing press shops? “How Technology Is Eliminating Higher-Skill Jobs” http://www.npr.org/2011/11/03/141949820/how-technology-is-eliminating-higher-skill-jobs “He says machines […]