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# tech
Hollywood writers are once again on strike. Their goal? Nothing less than figuring out how humans and AI can coexist with runaway late-stage capitalism.
# tech
Pundits are charging that not only are tech billionaires taking advantage of their employees and automating them out of a job, they’re actually on a mission to make humans obsolete.
# podcast
Futurists have long predicted a time when tens of millions of jobs are done by machines, out of sight and out of mind. Now, this moment is here and we’re far from ready...
# tech
Some Canadians are trying to save cashier jobs. But their phones and cheap, proven technology is poised to eliminate having to check out altogether.
# space
Space is becoming a growing commercial industry. And we need to start heavily investing in it to save ourselves from our worst decision makers.
# tech
Marissa Meyer appears to have learned nothing from her tenure at Yahoo and it clearly shows in her latest interview.