| May 8, 2019 | Economy / BusinessCorporate bosses don’t talk about it in public, but among themselves — psssst — they whisper excitedly about implementing a transformative “AI agenda” across our economy. AI stands for artificial intelligence, the rapidly advancing digital technology of creating...
| Mar 13, 2019 | Economy / Business|Food / FarmingHow’re you gonna keep ‘em down on the farm after they’ve seen… Angus? Not the cattle breed, but the 1,000-pound “farmer of the future.” Angus is a robot, toiling away on an indoor hydroponic farm that’s soilless as well as soulless. Programmed by a...
| Jan 23, 2019 | Economy / BusinessWe humans have got to get a whole lot smarter, says Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of Tesla automobiles and CEO of SpaceX rockets. Musk isn’t merely reacting to humanity’s recent tendency to elect lunatics to lead our countries. Rather, he’s trying to warn...
| Dec 19, 2018 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedA few weeks ago, I cringed when I saw this headline at a popular progressive website: “See How Well the GOP Tax Scam Is Creating Jobs? Walmart Announces Plans for 360 Robot Janitors.” It’s the same way I’ve cringed when conservative scolds taunt fast...
| Oct 18, 2017 | Economy / BusinessThere’s a robot in your future. Not one of those cute little labor-saving automatons — like a “Roomba” vacuum cleaner. Far from saving you from doing extra labor, this new wave of robots is being brought into your workplace to rescue corporate bosses...
