Tag: future of work

• China’s humanoid robots are stealing the show, but a quieter machine revolution is unfolding

  August 25, 2026

  There are more than two million robots working in China’s factories – and they are scaling up fast. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62m4zn1q6mo more ›

• Workers Are Teaching AI-Powered Robots to Take Over Their Jobs

  August 14, 2026

  Robotics companies are competing to collect videos of humans stitching shoes and welding steel to give their machines new skills. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-08-12/thousands-of-india-workers-are-helping-ai-firms-train-robots-to-replace-them?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4NjU5MTAzMywiZXhwIjoxNzg3MTk1ODMzLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUSk9EMEhOM04wOTIwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJDNTc5RDIwMDZBQjQ0RjRDODkwMTU0M0U0ODMxNkJCNiJ9.8jIbwh52D-I5HP12Uf8C3s9FI-QEyGy6Qq7IDsvdrOY&leadSource=article-gifting more ›

• Father of VR: They’re Creating a Future Nobody Wants | Jaron Lanier

  June 13, 2026

  Jaron Lanier, one of the founding figures of virtual reality and one of the most original critics of Silicon Valley, argues that artificial intelligence is not just a technology —… more ›

• After Automation | Every

  May 22, 2026

  AI progress creates more work for humans, not less https://every.to/p/after-automation more ›

• How Perplexity is remaking itself into a smart digital co-worker

  May 15, 2026

  Perplexity AI shifts from search to agentic AI with Computer and Personal Computer, chasing growth, partnerships, and a new way to get work done with AI https://www.forbesindia.com/article/news/deep-dive/how-perplexity-is-remaking-itself-into-a-smart-digital-co-worker/2993628/1 more ›

• Ones and Tooze: The AI Economy

  April 30, 2026

  Listen: https://ift.tt/7FYc3iD Big tech companies are directing a huge portion of their capital expenditures to artificial intelligence—at least $650 billion in the coming year. The effect is to stimulate the… more ›

• End of the road for the ‘Mad Men’ as AI moves into advertising

  April 27, 2026

  Sprawling marketing groups are struggling to respond to new technology https://share.google/JRTVf0sm9plN6UYqq more ›

• Samsung Rally Draws 30,000 to Demand Greater Share of AI Profits

  April 23, 2026

  Tens of thousands of people gathered outside Samsung Electronics Co.’s main chip hub to demand employees get a greater share of profits reaped from the AI boom. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-23/samsung-rally-draws-30-000-to-demand-greater-share-of-ai-profits more ›

• God is with the Lazy – The Millions

  April 4, 2026

  The lazybones attracts all the waves of the sea. “Let me sleep,” he begs, “so nice and warm under my white sheets and blue blankets.” And would you believe it?… more ›

• You Are Not a Function

  April 2, 2026

  A tree does not exist in order to produce lumber. You can make lumber from it, and good lumber is nothing to sneer at. But if you look at a… more ›