I’m a software engineer at Uber, and I’m convinced 5 tech jobs will be safe from automation — for a while

Reuters / Fabrizio Bensch This post from Travis Addair, senior software engineer at Uber, originally appeared on Quora as an answer to the question “Which tech jobs are safe from automation until at least 2045?“ He says the simpler your job is, it’s likely easier to automate.  It’s harder to automate jobs that rely on […]

AI is synonymous with job automation in the minds of American workers

GUEST: Artificial intelligence may well pose an existential threat to humanity. But that’s not what worries the public. What worries them is jobs. According to a new study conducted by my team at SYZYGY, 70 percent of the American public fear that AI will have a negative impact on employment in the US. On average, Americans in work today believe […]

Robot invasion of Britain: Map shows areas most at risk of automation

Published time: 17 Oct, 2017 13:27 Edited time: 17 Oct, 2017 13:32 As robots march ever closer to making humans obsolete in the workplace, a report has emerged mapping out which areas around the UK are likely to suffer most from automation. According to Future Advocacy, one-fifth of jobs in all of Britain’s 650 constituencies […]

The fundamental differences between automation and AI

GUEST: The terms “artificial intelligence” and “automation” are often used interchangeably. They’re short-hand for robots and other machines that allow us to operate more efficiently and effectively — whether it’s a mechanical construct piecing together a car or the signal that sets off the smoke alarm in an emergency. But there are some pretty big differences […]

THE US SMART HOME MARKET REPORT: Systems, apps, and devices leading to home automation

BI Intelligence This is a preview of a research report from BI Intelligence, Business Insider’s premium research service. To learn more about BI Intelligence, click here. The US smart home market has still yet to meet the expectations many observers had in the early part of this decade. The same issues BI Intelligence first identified […]

THE US SMART HOME MARKET REPORT: Systems, apps, and devices leading to home automation

BI Intelligence This is a preview of a research report from BI Intelligence, Business Insider’s premium research service. To learn more about BI Intelligence, click here. The US smart home market has still yet to meet the expectations many observers had in the early part of this decade. The same issues BI Intelligence first identified […]

The medical field is ripe for automation

Radu Sigheti/Reuters As a neonatologist, I worry about patients with pulmonary hypertension. This unforgiving disease, sometimes seen after premature birth, can end with sudden death from constricting blood vessels in the lungs. One minute a baby in the neonatal ICU may be sleeping comfortably; moments later, doctors and nurses are giving chest compressions and rescue […]