WORKFORCE AUTOMATION
![](https://basicincometoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BB1eGQAo-300x157.jpeg)
OpenAI’s Sam Altman: Artificial Intelligence can generate enough wealth to pay each adult $13,500 a year
By Catherine Clifford Artificial intelligence will create so much wealth that every adult in the United States could be paid
![](https://basicincometoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/automation-imf-300x122.jpg)
The workforce is automating faster than expected, displacing 85 million jobs in the next five years
Some jobs will disappear and others will emerge as the world faces a dual disruption The World Economic Forum’s Future
![](https://basicincometoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/automation-300x169.jpg)
Half of all work tasks will be handled by machines by 2025 in a shift likely to worsen inequality, a World Economic Forum report has forecast.
Half of all work tasks will be handled by machines by 2025 in a shift likely to worsen inequality,
![](https://basicincometoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/robot-2-1-300x272.jpg)
Flippy the burger-flipping robot goes on sale
The pandemic accelerates the adoption of automation across industries including the food services businesses. The impact on workers is
![](https://basicincometoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/catepillar-300x200.jpg)
Caterpillar bets on self-driving machines impervious to pandemics
Caterpillar’s automation strategy was not born during the COVID-19 era but the global pandemic is accelerating its rollout. By:
![](https://basicincometoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sai-kiran-anagani-Tjbk79TARiE-unsplash-300x225.jpg)
Pandemic-fueled automation is gobbling up jobs that will never return
The COVID-19 pandemic has had massive economic impacts in the United States, and one of the problems many companies
![](https://basicincometoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/workforce-automation-300x148.jpg)
As Big Tech’s profits soar in the pandemic, it’s time to discuss sharing the digital wealth
Owning The Robots By: NATHAN GARDELS Well before the COVID crisis, it was clear that digital capitalism was divorcing
![](https://basicincometoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/eric-krull-Ejcuhcdfwrs-unsplash-300x175.jpg)
White Castle becomes first fast food chain to hire Flippy the robot burger flipper
White Castle becomes the first fast food chain to test out the robot fry cook, Flippy, from Miso Robotics
![](https://basicincometoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/tadas-sar-T01GZhBSyMQ-unsplash-scaled-300x225.jpg)
Microsoft Is Switching Out MSN’s Contract Journalists for AI
Microsoft Is Switching Out MSN’s Contract Journalists for AI By Alyse Stanley Dozens of contract journalists at Microsoft’s
![](https://basicincometoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/MIT-Robot-Jobs-01_0-300x200.jpg)
From 1990 to 2007, each robot in manufacturing replaced 3.3 workers on average nationally
MIT economist Daron Acemoglu’s new research puts a number on the job costs of automation. Peter Dizikes | MIT
![](https://basicincometoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/106414230-1582834395549gettyimages-1203625446-300x169.jpeg)
The rush to deploy robots as a result of the coronavirus outbreak
PUBLISHED MON, MAR 2 20208:57 AM EST UPDATED WED, MAR 11 202010:35 AM EDT Rebecca Fannin, special to CNBC.com
![](https://basicincometoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/3500-300x180.jpg)
41 Percent of Companies Are Accelerating Plans To Automate As Coronavirus Forces Workers To Stay Home
Almost half of company bosses in 45 countries are speeding up plans to automate their businesses as workers are
![](https://basicincometoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/download-300x193.jpeg)
New fast food robot costs $3 per hour
In a test kitchen in a corner building in downtown Pasadena, Flippy the robot grabbed a fryer basket full
![](https://basicincometoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/VRG_Automation_3919_lede.0.0-300x200.gif)
The robots are here, they’re working in management, and they’re grinding workers into the ground.
In warehouses, call centers, and other sectors, intelligent machines are managing humans, and they’re making work more stressful, grueling,
![](https://basicincometoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Screen-Shot-2020-02-27-at-3.30.40-PM-300x225.jpg)
Inside Amazon’s First Full-Blown Cashierless Supermarket
Is this the future grocery shoppers want? Jeff Bezos sure hopes so. The first ever Amazon Go Grocery — which opens
![](https://basicincometoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Garry-Kasparov-300x208.jpg)
Garry Kasparov mentions the need to build new foundations because of AI, and that maybe it’s UBI
Garry Kasparov is perhaps the greatest chess player in history. For almost two decades after becoming world champion in
![](https://basicincometoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Screen-Shot-2020-02-12-at-2.56.35-PM-300x180.jpg)
Gig economy traps workers in precarious existence, says report
Far from providing flexible jobs for complex modern lives, gig economy companies, such as Uber and Deliveroo, increasingly trap workers in a
![](https://basicincometoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Screen-Shot-2020-02-04-at-1.01.52-PM-300x152.jpg)
The case against the flawed argument that automation is nothing to worry about
There are two general philosophical camps when considering the automated future: those who believe it will be a time
![](https://basicincometoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Screen-Shot-2020-02-03-at-10.00.57-AM-300x206.jpg)
How the Next Decade’s Technological Tsunami Will Change Life as We Know It
This time a decade ago, there was no such thing as an iPad. There were no food delivery meal
![](https://basicincometoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Screen-Shot-2020-01-28-at-9.55.31-AM-300x206.jpg)
More than 1.6 million secretarial and administrative-assistant jobs have vanished since 2000, an almost 40% decline
The Vanishing Executive Assistant Executive assistants once ran the office. Increasingly, the office runs without them. The decline of
![](https://basicincometoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Screen-Shot-2020-01-23-at-10.30.34-AM-251x300.jpg)
Let’s Rethink What Counts as Paid Work
As artificial intelligence and automation multiply, so do dystopian predictions that millions of employees will become redundant, their tasks
![](https://basicincometoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/robot-300x150.jpeg)
Robot bartending company is handing out cash to the people it is replacing
There’s no doubt that automation is going to have a massive impact on employment over the coming decades. Whether
![](https://basicincometoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Screen-Shot-2019-12-12-at-10.01.58-AM-300x156.jpg)
The Future of Work: A VICE News Special Report
The next Industrial Revolution is upon us, and scientists, entrepreneurs, and policymakers are warning of an imminent paradigm shift
![](https://basicincometoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Screen-Shot-2019-12-04-at-4.42.46-PM-300x209.jpg)
Amazon Is Planning to Open Cashierless Supermarkets Next Year
Amazon.com Inc. is preparing to open Amazon Go supermarkets and pop-up stores, an expansion of the company’s cashierless ambitions
![](https://basicincometoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Screen-Shot-2019-12-04-at-10.03.59-AM-300x207.jpg)
The Impact of Robots on the U.S. Labor Market
Tuesday, November 5, 2019 The following post is the second in a two-part series on the impact of robots
![](https://basicincometoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/jobs-hiring-help-wanter-300x174.jpg)
American jobs are getting worse, new economic index shows
Although the U.S. is on a record streak for job-creation, many Americans still feel like they can’t get ahead
![](https://basicincometoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/4073_wealthgap-300x205.jpg)
Research shows that automation trends may be widening the racial wealth gap
Research shows that automation trends may be widening the racial wealth gap. This article reveals possible interventions that may
![](https://basicincometoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/4033_rejection-300x225.jpg)
Wages are flatlining as technology performs skilled labor, pushing workers into underemployment
Wages are flatlining because companies are scrapping swathes of mid-tier positions – replacing them with algorithms and cheap offshore
![](https://basicincometoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/4022_Daniel_Dines-300x274.jpg)
The Rise of Robotic Process Automation: How Daniel Dines Of UiPath Became The First Bot Billionaire
The man who at once epitomizes the hottest new growth area in tech and the burgeoning hopes for entrepreneurship
![](https://basicincometoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/4017_lead_720_405-300x169.jpg)
As AI gets better at performing the routine tasks traditionally done by humans, only the hardest ones will be left
When machines start picking off all the easy work for themselves, many white-collar jobs are going to get a
![](https://basicincometoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/4016_104257583-GettyImages-612884854-300x169.jpg)
Fast-food industry on a path to be the first to fully automate
KEY POINTS: • Panera Bread loses close to 100% of its workers every year. • For fast-food chains employee
![](https://basicincometoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/3996_robot-300x252.jpg)
The Robots Are Coming…To Free You
In this series Luke explores the Eight Modern Giants introduced by Economist Guy Standing in his recent report Basic