Automation

Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang is worried that Walmart's plans to increase automated labor is part of a trend that could "crush" the U.S. labor force, according to a Fox Business report. Recent research seems to suggest that his concern is not unfounded.

They will create new jobs for humans.

Economists were skeptical that robots could permanently displace humans on a large scale. But look at what's happening to retail jobs: The economists were wrong.

David Graeber's new book explores why so many U.S. jobs are basically pointless.

Embracing the latest technology in the workplace frees people up to pursue other, more rewarding tasks.

An artificial intelligence algorithm outperformed humans in a reading comprehension test for the first time.

"The future is coming right at us, and honest to goodness, I just think everybody listening to you should be demanding that public officials start coming up with some approaches to how we're going to protect human beings and our lives from this," said Clinton.

We like to state that nothing is made in the US any longer, but the reality disagrees.

Robots don't require vacation time, sick leave, lunch breaks or health insurance.

Sticking to the rules might end up leaving a robot helpless.

The problem will be to ensure the workforce can fill the new sorts of jobs that will become available.

Limiting competition ensures that taxpayers get a smaller bang for their buck.

No reputable economist believes protectionism is good.

Manufacturers will threaten to move jobs to Mexico and rake in the goodies, the author writes.

There are always losers from automation and globalization, even if net gains overall.

Technological change has had a far greater impact on U.S. jobs than any trade deal.

Call center workers can handle the short-tempered customers. The threat is the automated chatbots that could replace them.

Robotics is being embraced by the industry but fast food workers shouldn't worry about their jobs yet.

Donald Trump is considering his own media network and has hired Fox's Roger Ailes to run it.

A good way to add friction (and jobs) to our software-driven economy would be to invest in painfully slow, physical, local, wasteful infrastructure.

Using government force to protect American workers from foreign competition will lead to less trade. And possibly fascism.

Does Trump want Americans to build things? Or does he want us digging with spoons?

The rapid evolution of computers provoked enormous excitement and considerable dread in January 1965.