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Customer service, retail and warehouse jobs to be obsolete: Experts predict 1 in 5 jobs will be lost to robots in the next decade

February 19, 2018 -

Retail, customer service, and warehouse jobs are the ones most at risk of being infiltrated by artificially intelligent beings, with struggling cities in the North and Midlands to be the most affected. According to the study, cities such as Mansfield, Sunderland, and Wakefield could experience having two out of five jobs lost, while Cambridge and Oxford could risk losing 13 percent of employment opportunities.

One in 10 jobs are in occupations that have bright futures, ...

Robots could take over 3.4 million human jobs thanks to Amazon Go’s new grocery stores

December 14, 2016 -

In fact, tens of millions of jobs will eventually be taken by soulless robots—machines that don’t call in sick, don’t steal from the boss, don’t require health insurance, don’t strike for more money, don’t stir up drama in the office or possess any other human shortcomings that make life more difficult—even nightmarish—for business owners and personnel managers.

Here’s an example of where some of this technology is headed: Amazon has recently opened a convenience store ...

Study: More than 5 million children lost a parent due to COVID, a bioweapon funded and built by governments

February 28, 2022 -

Around 5.2 million children under 18 suffered the death of a parent or grandparent to the virus by October 2021, with fathers accounting for three-quarters of the deaths. Two-thirds of bereaved children were between the ages of 10 and 17, while one in seven were under the age of four.

At least 10,000 children in England and Wales lost a parent or a primary caregiver during the pandemic, and another in 140,000 in the U.S., as per 2021 estimates. Further, the team counted ...

7 million retail jobs will be lost in the coming years warns alarming report

May 29, 2017 -

However, the advent of automation technology could lead to roughly six to 7.5 million retail workers losing their jobs in the coming years. This puts them at risk of becoming stranded workers, the researchers said. According to the report, retail cashiers were projected to suffer the most number of job losses. Nearly a quarter of retail cashiers are women, the researchers noted. The report also stressed that the job losses will significantly impact the working poor, as most retail ...

AI robots are already creating “hellish dystopia” by stealing human jobs, professor warns

January 19, 2018 -

Though they might seem convenient now, helping to reduce overhead and streamline various processes, AI technologies could one day plunge the world into a global depression. Should fully-functional AI robots eventually be released, claims Dr. Kak, there will be no stopping them from stealing "literally all jobs," leaving humans with nothing to do for survival.

"The beginnings of the dystopia are already there," Dr. Kak told the Daily Star Online, noting that human usefulness, ...

Fast food workers use 'civil disobedience,' to earn higher wages for low-skill jobs replaceable by robots

September 15, 2014 - Fast food workers use 'civil disobedience,' to earn higher wages for low-skill jobs replaceable by robots

Monday, September 15, 2014 by: J. D. HeyesTags: fast food workers, minimum wage, job automation

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Workers in warehouses could soon lose their jobs to HUMANOID ROBOTS

September 13, 2023 -

Now, other industries are also being targeted by this humanoid robot invasion. These include manufacturing, elder care and healthcare, food production and agriculture. The production of humanoid robots designed to fit in these industries is slated to begin in late 2024.

As of writing, humanoid robots are starting to work side by side with human employees. In warehouses, these robots are tasked with moving heavy boxes and containers."Labor-saving" robots could ...

Robots could help fight the coronavirus by taking on the “dull, dirty and dangerous” jobs

April 28, 2020 -

The proposal comes as part of an editorial, published on Wednesday and signed by leading academic researchers including Carnegie Mellon University's Howie Choset. The editorial states that robots conceivably could perform tasks such as disinfecting surfaces, taking temperatures of people in public spaces or ports of entry, collecting nasal and throat samples for testing, providing social support for quarantined patients and even enabling people to virtually attend conferences....

The big LIE: Biden’s massive job creations number for January is completely false; economy actually LOST 2.5 million jobs

February 08, 2023 -

A whole lot of people, including economists and other labor experts, questioned the claim as well, especially in light of the fact that one corporation after another has been announcing major layoffs in recent months, especially in the tech sector.

Well, now, a new report from Bloomberg News reveals the truth: The Biden economy is continuing to limp along, affected by still-high inflation that his and fellow Democrats' rampant spending created over the past two years ...

In two decades half of all jobs predicted to be lost to automation

March 13, 2019 - If you think it's difficult to find a job now, it might be considerably more challenging to stay employed in the not-too-distant future. That's because automation is expected to replace a high percentage of positions as time goes on. Here is a staggering statistic: In the next two decades, half of all jobs are likely to be eradicated as automation take on those tasks instead.

According to the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Science, some of the jobs that are expected to be the ...

Oregon jury orders PacifiCorp to pay $62 million in damages to homeowners affected by 2020 wildfires

January 30, 2024 -

PacifiCorp, the second-largest electrical utility in Oregon and owned by billionaire Warren Buffett's holding and investment firm Berkshire Hathaway, was previously found liable by an Oregon jury for causing some of the destructive wildfires in 2020.

According to the lawsuit, the equipment of PacifiCorp was responsible for the fires due to its failure to cut off power to its 600,000 customers during a Labor Day windstorm. The power lines toppled and fires burned through ...

Voice actors are losing their jobs to AI robots – is your job next?

February 09, 2023 -

Several famous actors and industry advocacy groups are in a panic over the great strides being made in AI voiceover matching, which involves the use of computer robots that are able to mimic the voices of real people – and nobody can tell the difference.

If a robot can be programmed to sound just like your favorite voiceover actors, then production companies are sure to use them instead of the real thing and save lots of money in the process – this is what high-paid ...

11,000 American jobs lost thanks to Biden’s executive order canceling Keystone XL Pipeline

February 05, 2021 -

Americanpipeliner.com estimates that up to 11,000 jobs were lost directly because of the pipeline’s cancellation. The pipeline workers will now have to remain in their hometowns and compete for local jobs that pay a fraction of what they were earning before at a time when jobs are hard to come by. Complicating matters further is the fact that their skills are so specialized that they cannot be easily transferred to other positions and industries.

A 46-year-old welding ...

Food delivery robots are already taking over jobs in Washington D.C.

March 21, 2017 -

These robots are currently navigating deliveries of food, hopefully from organic sources, throughout the streets of Washington, D.C. It appears that you can say goodbye to your food delivery person and all those worries about having sufficient money for a tip.

The robot, which looks like a sleek black and white curved container on four wheels, was developed by Starship Technologies at their London headquarters and manufactured in Estonia. They built their first robot prototype ...

Planned Parenthood donating $38 MILLION to 2020 Democrat candidates

May 22, 2019 -

Great. Murder babies in the womb, in the third trimester, and even on the day they're born (the day they survive abortion), then use taxpayer money to fund more insane INFANTICIDE laws across America. What a plan. Planned Parenthood is planned genocide. They want black babies and Jewish babies removed from this planet before they ever take a breath. This is no conspiracy theory. They've been caught on video paying cash for baby parts. Keep reading.

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Uber Eats to deploy an additional 2,000 delivery robots, putting more jobs in peril

June 01, 2023 -

The robots are made by Serve Robotics, and the decision to expand the use of robots was made after a successful pilot of the robot delivery program in Los Angeles. The pilot program, which began in the West Hollywood neighborhood last May, was wildly successful.

The robots serve customers from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day, and Uber Eats claimed the use of robot deliveries in the city grew by more than 30 percent month-over-month and more than 200 restaurants in the city ...

Robots to take over jobs in human service industry, increasing the percentage of unemployed Americans

April 03, 2013 - Robots to take over jobs in human service industry, increasing the percentage of unemployed Americans

Wednesday, April 03, 2013 by: J. D. HeyesTags: robots, service industry, unemployment

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Latest BLS report shows 187K new jobs in August – but in reality, America lost 670K jobs in two months

September 06, 2023 -

The BLS data for August claims that nonfarm payroll jobs grew by a seasonally adjusted 187,000, far above the Dow Jones estimate of 170,000 and suggesting that the economy is improving. President Joe Biden himself even touted the job figures for August, claiming it shows that the economy is strong.

"As we head into Labor Day, we ought to take a step back and take note of the fact that America's now in one of the strongest job-creating periods in our history," Biden ...

What is going to happen to our society as AI and robots take most of our jobs?

January 08, 2024 -

(Article by Michael republished from TheEconomicCollapseBlog.com)

For example, Amazon has been using various types of simple robots to perform certain tasks for years, and now highly sophisticated humanoid robots are being deployed right alongside normal human workers…

Designed by Agility Robotics, which Amazon has invested in as part of its Industrial Innovation Fund, Digit is only the latest of a string of warehouse robots the company has introduced over the ...

Amazon’s humanoid robots: The future of delivery or the end of human jobs?

June 10, 2025 -

By the end of 2025, Amazon packages might not be delivered by human worker – but by a humanoid robot.

According to reports from The Information, Amazon is developing artificial intelligence (AI) software to power humanoid robots capable of taking over last-mile deliveries – the final step in getting packages from vans to doorsteps. The tech giant is constructing a "humanoid park" in San Francisco, an indoor testing facility where these robots will ...