HIRING: Andre Hoffmann Fellow Position Open

The World Economic Forum and Arizona State University are seeking a Hoffmann Fellow for a two-year joint appointment. The Fellow will be jointly appointed between the Forum’s Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (“C4IR”) in San Francisco, California, which is dedicated to addressing the possibilities and challenges posed by the explosion of technological innovation–from AI […]

Worldwide Web Watch

August 3, 2016 How about a little good, or at least decent, news in the area of technological employment?  Forbes contributor George Anders provides some interesting numbers indicating things are not as bleak as others have suggested.  There are new jobs created by technology but even vintage travel agents are still doing OK.

Robots, Unemployment and the Future of Meaningful Lives

By Gary E. Marchant Are robots and computers going to displace many or even most human jobs? And if they do, what will displaced workers do with their time and lives? Those were the themes of the most recent CLSI Doomsday Scenario Study Group meeting on March 5, this time addressing the risks of technological […]