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robo The MLB is testing out Robot Umpires to optimize baseball. Thom Dunn
wombat Watch a wombat-sized research robot burrow into marsupial holes Thom Dunn
sarah connor Sarah "O'" Connor tells the Financial Times why she was wrong about robots. Thom Dunn
robot wolves Japanese town enlists terrifying robot wolves to protect them from bears Thom Dunn
artbots Text this number with the name of a musical artist, and an AI responds with lyrics written in that style Thom Dunn
techdirt Inventing a better future of work: the Working Futures science fiction anthology of better futures for workers and jobs Mike Masnick
robots stole my jerb Vast majority of truck-driving jobs are not under threat from automation Cory Doctorow
passive third-person blame deflection Stop saying "robots are coming for your job"; start saying "Your boss wants to replace you with a robot" Cory Doctorow
precarity Science fiction writers on the future of work: Laurie Penny, Ken Liu, Charlie Jane Anders, Nisi Shawl, Martha Wells and others Cory Doctorow
Lyngsoe Systems Compact Cross Belt Sorter Competitive book-sorting event pits New York library workers against Washington State's Cory Doctorow
shared prosperity How trade unions are addressing automation Cory Doctorow
asimov's laws considered inadequate Papers sought for We Robot: Miami's eighth annual conference on robots and the law Cory Doctorow
robots stole my jerb Chinese law professor: AI will end capitalism Cory Doctorow
Stephen Hawking Stephen Hawking's final words to the internet: robots aren't the problem, capitalism is Cory Doctorow
pissed on by trickle-down Kimberly Clark says the Trump tax-cuts let it fire 5,500 US workers and pay out dividends to its shareholders Cory Doctorow
society for the promotion of cruelty to humans San Francisco SPCA uses a robot to chase away homeless people, because cruelty to humans is just fine Cory Doctorow