Automated Service Platforms and the Future of Work
Automated service platforms don’t just lead to large-scale unemployment in the services economy; they also redefine the nature of work.
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Intelligent, Automated Self-Service
Automated self-service is Silicon Valley’s trick for automating the service economy and for fueling machine learning and the knowledge economy.
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Dealing with Automated Monoliths
Welcome to the era of the self-service platforms, automated monolithic machines wrapped in consumer-friendly branding.
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Autonomous Systems Unleashed
Autonomous systems generate feedback loops of machine learning and automation that predict, judge and act without human intervention.
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The Robot Tax Fallacy: Anthropomorphizing Automation
What is the right way to tax a robot? A robot tax isn’t the same as a tax on human labor. Here’s why it’s more complicated than that.
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How the Chatbot Changes Our Relationship with Organizations
The chatbot revolution won’t just change the way we interact and communicate with organizations.
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How Gig Economy Platforms Like Uber Will Automate Human Work
How Gig Economy platforms like Uber use technology to create jobs today that they will automate and eliminate tomorrow.
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Six Building Blocks for a Virtual Personal Assistant
The Virtual Personal Assistant represents the biggest change in software in decades. Here are six building-block technologies that will make it possible.
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The Bigger Amazon Story: How a Human Becomes an “Amabot”
When we relegate human labor to the work machines haven’t yet learned, the results can be dehumanizing.
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The Automation of the Publishing Industry
An in-depth look at the automation of the publishing industry: what it’s done to businesses, to employment and what it means for the future of knowledge.
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