Automation & the job marketāāāwill it happen as fast as we think? Or is it already here? A 1978 documentary looks at the impact of the silicon revolution. The iPhone is ten. The coming tech backlash. Putinās secrets. Wind power. Have great conversations! ā¤ļø Love this? Please share it via Twitter (finally the correct link!) š Forwarded this from a friend? Sign-up to Exponential View here. Dept of the nearĀ future š¤ Job automation will come but not as fast as some fear, according to McKinsey. The firm suggests half of our work activities might be automatable by 2055, so more conservative than the Frey & Osborne forecast. (Full report & exec summary here.) šŗ The chips are down. Superb 1978 BBC documentary on the semiconductor industry, Silicon Valleyās networked advantage, the rise of IT and the knowledge economy and automation and job losses. Some of todayās issues were hot topics 39 years ago. š± Horace Dediu: The iPhone is ten years old. And the most successful product of all timeāāāin fact our first $1,000,000,000,000 product. š± EV subscriber, Ross Mayfield: The coming tech backlash (See also: Silicon Valley companies take a turn to the rightāāāin contrast to their employeeās personal positions.) š· Guy Standing on why we need a universal basic income. āThe 20th-century income distribution system has broken down irretrievably. Globalisation, technological change and the move to flexible labour markets has channelled more and more income to rentiers and wages have stagnated.ā āļø Global sales of electric vehicles are likely to exceed 1m in 2017 Dept of automation andĀ jobs What has really happened to manufacturing? More innovation, higher productivity, greater complexity and a nuanced picture, according to this excellent report in The Economist: Industrial manufacturing was never as simple as those far from the shop floor imagined it to be. Today it has become more complex still. The underlying point is that automation goes hand-in-hand with outsourcing, de-verticalization, specialisation, global supply chains and a generous helping of political pork & its ilk to make up todayās manufacturing smorgasbord. China is investing more heavily in robots than any other nation. Industrial robot deployment has started to take a familiar exponential pace. Fifty years for the first 1m industrial robots with 8 years for the next 1m according to the International Federation of Robotics. Yet when I look at their forecasts, I just wonder whether they have really accommodated the pretty rapid recent breakthroughs in deep learning that have so enhanced machine vision, learning, coordination and control systems in the past 2ā3 years. My hunch is that deployment will go faster once it really starts.) Why Trump (and other politicians) donāt talk about automation. Robot can operate on eyes more accurately than human NYC Taxi and Limo drivers lobby for a 50-year ban on autonomous vehicles. (ht @reillybrennan) š„š The market valuation of autonomous transport-as-a-service could be treble that of all automakers by 2025, says Ark Invest. Dept ofĀ AI Extract of a nice Reddit AMA by Joanna Bryson, a Bath University professor, on AI, ethics and personhood questions. How AI picks up prejudice (from its human curators). Using machine vision to detect medical conditions from selfies Speech analysis software is helping employers hire new candidates, judge suitability for promotion How algorithms helped design the Elbphilharmonie. āIt would be insane to do this by hand.ā How chips are evolving to accommodate deep learning Exponential Salon: Robots, Up Close andĀ Personal š Our first event of the year is a dinner salon on the living and loving with robots. Our interlocutor is Dr Kate Devlin, from the Department of Computing at Goldsmiths, University of London, to explore the implications of human-robot relationships as we develop closer connections with AI. What does getting personal and intimate with robots mean for our physical and emotional wellbeing? Why and how does robot intimacy offer new opportunities for self-expression and freedom, or not? The event will be participatory and include dinner and drinks and is kindly supported by BGF Ventures. February 9th, 1830 in central London. Will be awesome to see you, so please sign up now. Short morsels to appear smart at dinnerĀ parties š·šŗ The secret source of Putinās evil. (Exceptional read) š Lucy Rycroft-Smith: I wore menās clothes for a monthāāāand it changed my life š Ambrosia: a startup allows you to buy young peopleās blood (in the name of longevity.) Digital ad fraud is out-of-control and bigger than anyone thought Lemonade, a tech-powered insurance agency, resolved and settled a claim for a stolen goose-down parka in 3 seconds. Velodyneās LIDAR runs to $50. These things cost $80,000 about 8 years ago. Students take to trans-cranial direct stimulation š Wind power produced more electricity than coal in the UK last year Reader special Iām helping my buddy John Battelle with his new Shift Forum, a private conference bringing together incumbents, startups, investors and policy leaders. Johnās pulling together a really good confab to discuss many of the issues covered in Exponential View and how they may play out in business, government and policy. The AI panel, with Shivon Zillis, Vivek Wadhwa and Francesca Rossi looks quite funĀ :) The event is invite-only. John and I agreed that EV readers can skip the queue and get a $1000 discount by clicking here. Make sure to use the code Forum17. (The event is in February 6ā8.) End note We are finally on Instagram. The occasional interesting graphic. Come and find us. āHeartā something you like. Iāll leave you with this amusing cat video about job-stealing robots. Cheers, Azeem Hacker Noon is how hackers start their afternoons. Weāre a part of the @AMIfamily. We are now accepting submissions and happy to discuss advertising &sponsorship opportunities. To learn more, read our about page, like/message us on Facebook, or simply, tweet/DM @HackerNoon. If you enjoyed this story, we recommend reading our latest tech stories and trending tech stories. Until next time, donāt take the realities of the world for granted! Automation & the job marketāāāwill it happen as fast as we think? Or is it already here? A 1978 documentary looks at the impact of the silicon revolution. The iPhone is ten. The coming tech backlash. Putinās secrets. Wind power. Have great conversations! ā¤ļø Love this? Please share it via Twitter (finally the correct link!) Please share it via Twitter š Forwarded this from a friend? Sign-up to Exponential View here . Sign-up to Exponential View here Dept of the nearĀ future š¤ Job automation will come but not as fast as some fear , according to McKinsey. The firm suggests half of our work activities might be automatable by 2055, so more conservative than the Frey & Osborne forecast. (Full report & exec summary here .) Job automation will come but not as fast as some fear exec summary here šŗ The chips are down . Superb 1978 BBC documentary on the semiconductor industry, Silicon Valleyās networked advantage, the rise of IT and the knowledge economy and automation and job losses. Some of todayās issues were hot topics 39 years ago. The chips are down š± Horace Dediu: The iPhone is ten years old. And the most successful product of all timeāāāin fact our first $1,000,000,000,000 product. The iPhone is ten years old. š± EV subscriber, Ross Mayfield: The coming tech backlash (See also: Silicon Valley companies take a turn to the right āāin contrast to their employeeās personal positions.) The coming tech backlash Silicon Valley companies take a turn to the right š· Guy Standing on why we need a universal basic income . āThe 20th-century income distribution system has broken down irretrievably. Globalisation, technological change and the move to flexible labour markets has channelled more and more income to rentiers and wages have stagnated.ā why we need a universal basic income āļø Global sales of electric vehicles are likely to exceed 1m in 2017 Global sales of electric vehicles Dept of automation andĀ jobs What has really happened to manufacturing? More innovation, higher productivity, greater complexity and a nuanced picture, according to this excellent report in The Economist: this excellent report The Economist: Industrial manufacturing was never as simple as those far from the shop floor imagined it to be. Today it has become more complex still. Industrial manufacturing was never as simple as those far from the shop floor imagined it to be. Today it has become more complex still. The underlying point is that automation goes hand-in-hand with outsourcing, de-verticalization, specialisation, global supply chains and a generous helping of political pork & its ilk to make up todayās manufacturing smorgasbord. China is investing more heavily in robots than any other nation . Industrial robot deployment has started to take a familiar exponential pace. Fifty years for the first 1m industrial robots with 8 years for the next 1m according to the International Federation of Robotics . Yet when I look at their forecasts, I just wonder whether they have really accommodated the pretty rapid recent breakthroughs in deep learning that have so enhanced machine vision, learning, coordination and control systems in the past 2ā3 years. My hunch is that deployment will go faster once it really starts.) investing more heavily in robots than any other nation International Federation of Robotics learning Why Trump (and other politicians) donāt talk about automation. Robot can operate on eyes more accurately than human NYC Taxi and Limo drivers lobby for a 50-year ban on autonomous vehicles. (ht @reillybrennan) š„š The market valuation of autonomous transport-as-a-service could be treble that of all automakers by 2025, says Ark Invest. Why Trump (and other politicians) donāt talk about automation. donāt talk about automation. Robot can operate on eyes more accurately than human Robot can operate on eyes more accurately NYC Taxi and Limo drivers lobby for a 50-year ban on autonomous vehicles . (ht @reillybrennan) lobby for a 50-year ban on autonomous vehicles š„š The market valuation of autonomous transport-as-a-service could be treble that of all automakers by 2025, says Ark Invest. market valuation of autonomous transport-as-a-service could be treble that of all automakers Dept ofĀ AI Extract of a nice Reddit AMA by Joanna Bryson, a Bath University professor, on AI, ethics and personhood questions. How AI picks up prejudice (from its human curators). Using machine vision to detect medical conditions from selfies Speech analysis software is helping employers hire new candidates, judge suitability for promotion How algorithms helped design the Elbphilharmonie. āIt would be insane to do this by hand.ā How chips are evolving to accommodate deep learning Extract of a nice Reddit AMA by Joanna Bryson, a Bath University professor, on AI, ethics and personhood questions . on AI, ethics and personhood questions How AI picks up prejudice (from its human curators). AI picks up prejudice Using machine vision to detect medical conditions from selfies machine vision to detect medical conditions Speech analysis software is helping employers hire new candidates, judge suitability for promotion Speech analysis software is helping employers How algorithms helped design the Elbphilharmonie . āIt would be insane to do this by hand.ā algorithms helped design the Elbphilharmonie How chips are evolving to accommodate deep learning chips are evolving to accommodate deep learning Exponential Salon: Robots, Up Close andĀ Personal š Our first event of the year is a dinner salon on the living and loving with robots. Our interlocutor is Dr Kate Devlin, from the Department of Computing at Goldsmiths, University of London, to explore the implications of human-robot relationships as we develop closer connections with AI. What does getting personal and intimate with robots mean for our physical and emotional wellbeing? Why and how does robot intimacy offer new opportunities for self-expression and freedom, or not? The event will be participatory and include dinner and drinks and is kindly supported by BGF Ventures. February 9th, 1830 in central London. Will be awesome to see you , so please sign up now . Will be awesome to see you sign up now Short morsels to appear smart at dinnerĀ parties š·šŗ The secret source of Putinās evil . (Exceptional read) The secret source of Putinās evil š Lucy Rycroft-Smith: I wore menās clothes for a monthāāāand it changed my life I wore menās clothes for a monthāāāand it changed my life š Ambrosia: a startup allows you to buy young peopleās blood (in the name of longevity.) a startup allows you to buy young peopleās blood Digital ad fraud is out-of-control and bigger than anyone thought Digital ad fraud is out-of-control Lemonade, a tech-powered insurance agency, resolved and settled a claim for a stolen goose-down parka in 3 seconds. resolved and settled a claim for a stolen goose-down parka in 3 seconds. Velodyneās LIDAR runs to $50 . These things cost $80,000 about 8 years ago. Velodyneās LIDAR runs to $50 Students take to trans-cranial direct stimulation take to trans-cranial direct stimulation š Wind power produced more electricity than coal in the UK last year Wind power produced more electricity than coal Reader special Iām helping my buddy John Battelle with his new Shift Forum, a private conference bringing together incumbents, startups , investors and policy leaders. Johnās pulling together a really good confab to discuss many of the issues covered in Exponential View and how they may play out in business, government and policy. The AI panel, with Shivon Zillis, Vivek Wadhwa and Francesca Rossi looks quite funĀ :) startups Exponential View The event is invite-only. John and I agreed that EV readers can skip the queue and get a $1000 discount by clicking here . Make sure to use the code Forum17. (The event is in February 6ā8.) a $1000 discount by clicking here End note We are finally on Instagram. The occasional interesting graphic. We are finally on Instagram. Come and find us. āHeartā something you like. Iāll leave you with this amusing cat video about job-stealing robots. amusing cat video about job-stealing robots. Cheers, Azeem Azeem Hacker Noon is how hackers start their afternoons. Weāre a part of the @AMIfamily. We are now accepting submissions and happy to discuss advertising &sponsorship opportunities. Hacker Noon is how hackers start their afternoons. Weāre a part of the @AMI family. We are now accepting submissions and happy to discuss advertising &sponsorship opportunities. Hacker Noon @AMI accepting submissions discuss advertising &sponsorship To learn more, read our about page, like/message us on Facebook, or simply, tweet/DM @HackerNoon. To learn more, read our about page , like/message us on Facebook , or simply, tweet/DM @HackerNoon. read our about page like/message us on Facebook tweet/DM @HackerNoon. 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