“Wow, sis, you really suck at this job,” Zoe said, leaning on the wall. Persephone was in the middle of doing her new job, but it wasn’t going well for her. “It’s these damn gloves!” “How hard can it be to put the right finger in the proper place inside Read more…
“Those are weird,” a little boy told her on the bus, kicking the back of her seat. “No they’re not,” Ruby frowned, and turned to the front. “Stop doing that.” The little boy gave it one last kick, just to show her who’s boss. Ruby grunted but was in no Read more…
Not that soon. regram @curiositydotcom
Not long ago, #human #employees manned every belt at the #grocery #store check-out. Now, one human often supervises dozens of humanless self-checkout stations. This is just the beginning. We’re at a critical turning point in the #workforce where the #robots are outpacing #humans in learning tasks and solving #problems. And not just the low-skill #jobs are the ones able to be replaced by #bots. For example, 23% of the #work done by #doctors can be #automated, and almost half (47%) of the work done by pharmacists can be automated. The key, according to some analysts, is to build competence in #creativity and #emotional skills, things very difficult for robots to master. #robot #tech #technology