Google Duplex vs Automated Grocery Warehouse – Soft and Hard Automation

Two examples of automation Google recently demonstrated their virtual assistant called Duplex. Complete with ums and ahs, the system was able to make a stylist appointment and a restaurant reservation, convincingly human in mannerism and ability to navigate the twists and turns of the unstructured conversation. This automated warehouse by Ocado has countless battery-powered shuttles…

Don’t Compete With A Machine

Freed up for new opportunities? There are plenty of headlines predicting millions of jobs being destroyed by robots and artificial intelligence. Our experience with improving technology impacting jobs has, so far in human history, been a net positive, with new jobs emerging as fast as old ones are rendered obsolete. “Historically, technological advances have not…