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# tech

how chatbots are turning white collar jobs into absurdist theater

The new edict in the office: use our AI, or else.
how chatbots are turning white collar jobs into absurdist theater

# tech

actually, no, chatbots aren't taking your job

A new study from Yale exposes the lie at the heart of the AI bubble.
actually, no, chatbots aren't taking your job

# tech

how to automate phoning it in with a.i.

Business are lamenting that workers use generative AI to turn in subpar work, despite giving them every incentive to do so.
how to automate phoning it in with a.i.

# tech

when only the executives have a job

Companies are bragging about record-setting layoffs thanks to AI, promising investors astronomical profits. How? They haven't gotten that far yet.
when only the executives have a job

# oddities

how the workaholic grindset ate our future

Futurists and economists predicted that by now, we'd grind less, innovate more, and have time to enjoy more of our lives. So, what happened?
how the workaholic grindset ate our future

# politics    

why science says we should be spending a lot less time at the office

Today's typical working hours are a result of politics, compromise, and ideology. Now, some experts are finally asking what science says is the perfect work week, and why.
why science says we should be spending a lot less time at the office

# tech    

why a.i. probably won't find you the perfect new job

Some futurists and entrepreneurs think that artificial intelligence can match people to jobs. Unfortunately, they're underestimating the job seekers while overestimating the AIs.
why a.i. probably won't find you the perfect new job

# tech    

the dirty work of training an artificial intelligence

AI that identifies faces, vehicles, and reads handwriting is springing from computers, ready to make tedious human work obsolete. But we don't see the tedious human work that goes into training them.
the dirty work of training an artificial intelligence

# tech    

why universal basic income won't save us from mass automation

Universal basic income is pitched as the best possible solution to tens of millions of jobs being taken over by code and machines. But it's another populist bumper sticker solution to a complicated problem.
why universal basic income won't save us from mass automation

# tech    

why the silicon holler is such a target for scammers and broken promises

Teaching miners to code in hope of giving them a chance to join the tech boom isn't the worst idea. But there's more to a successful tech career than taking a coding class.
why the silicon holler is such a target for scammers and broken promises

# tech    

fired by code: how amazon is leading the way with a new kind of terminator

Robots are starting to keep tabs on and fire warehouse workers. And the day they'll be tracking all of us to evaluate our performance and make HR decisions is unsettlingly close.
fired by code: how amazon is leading the way with a new kind of terminator

# longform    

the twist to the invasion of the techies: they're also in a gentrification bind

Rather than living large in the cities where they've come to rule, tech workers are finding themselves just as priced out as those who blame them for soaring costs of living…
the twist to the invasion of the techies: they're also in a gentrification bind

# tech    

why few coal miners became coders and how "learn to code" became an insult

The experiment to turn laid off coal miners into rockstar programmers has been going on for years now with little to show for it except more right wing rage on social media.
why few coal miners became coders and how "learn to code" became an insult

# tech    

models and entertainers may get automated, but not how you might think...

If you're in a creative, artistic industry, relying on your looks and presence to make a living, computers couldn't possibly come for your job, right? Actually, they can, and here's how.
models and entertainers may get automated, but not how you might think...

# tech    

how automation is stealing jobs and accidentally empowering populists

Automation is responsible for most jobs lost in the industrial world and could replace as much as two thirds of the developing world's workforce. Why are we still pretending it's decades away?
how automation is stealing jobs and accidentally empowering populists

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