Stories Tagged as
Automation
Are robots the answer to the shortage of elder care workers?
by
Sabri Ben-Achour
, Chris Farrell
and Alex Schroeder
Nov 28, 2024
A study of Japanese nursing homes found that productivity, quality and quantity of care improved after the adoption of robots.
Longshoremen strike for better pay and to stop automation
Oct 2, 2024
About a hundred striking longshoremen marched by one of the terminals in the port of Baltimore. Some carried signs that say “machines don’t feed families.”
Calling customer service? Good luck speaking to a human.
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Sofia Terenzio
Sep 23, 2024
To reach a human representative, some companies have started charging a premium. Those unwilling to pay will have to stick with the bots.
Why coal mining jobs have disappeared
Aug 19, 2024
Automation in coal mining has increased productivity and reduced employment in the industry.
AI could automate over half of banking jobs
Jun 21, 2024
A new report by Citi looks at the financial tasks that will be delegated to AI — and the new ones that will crop up.
Workers used to earn about two-thirds of the income their labor generates. Now, it's just over half.
Apr 12, 2024
The stat, called labor share of national income, is being squeezed by globalization, declining union membership and automation.
Thanks to AI, more U.S. workers worry that technology threatens their jobs
Sep 11, 2023
In the past, technology has displaced jobs but the economy has continually created new ones. Some experts see greater losses this time.
For public good, not for profit.
AI lessons from the telephone operators of the 1920s
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Livi Burdette
Aug 17, 2023
In the early 20th century, thousands of young women worked as telephone switchboard operators. Automation changed that.
Artificial intelligence will impact workplaces and cost some workers their jobs
Jul 27, 2023
A new report from the McKinsey Global Institute says some will lose their jobs and low-wage workers are the most likely to be hit.
Hotels and restaurants have had trouble hiring, so they innovated
Jul 17, 2023
That’s meant automating some tasks once done by humans and thinking carefully about the humans they do hire.