In long-awaited guidelines for the booming industry of automated vehicles, the Obama administration promised strong safety oversight, but sent a clear signal to automakers that the door was wide open for driverless cars.
Beijing subway lines 3, 12, 17, 19 and the new airport line are all under planning and will also operate with completely automated, driverless trains.
The reason is that automation can substitute for labor on certain jobs, but also complements labor for other jobs that are not easily automated, making labor more productive and actually increasing the demand for workers.
Ghostbot is a new app that detects incoming texts from a person you're hoping to not communicate with and sends an unenthusiastic automated response on your behalf.
But when emojis and GIFs are filtered through the interests of tech companies, they often become slickly automated.
Once Amazon has found its feet in providing a global shipping and freight delivery provision, its key differentiator is the ability to tap into, and apply, its existing automated warehouse, sorting and distribution model.
Not all of every job can be automated, the authors point out.
(That's if a human looks at it at all; before your application even reaches a hiring manager, it usually has to make it past an automated applicant tracking system.
As parts of the audit process are automated, and firms embrace artificial intelligence, much of the mundane administrative work often given to entry-level employees is being eliminated.
Quantitative hedge funds, which utilise powerful computers, complex mathematical models and automated trading algorithms have been around for several decades, but Mr Nanda predicts that the traditional investment management industry will also become increasingly technology driven.
Dish washing has long been automated and truck driving may be consigned to the rear-view mirror when driverless vehicles hit the streets.
This week in Washington, for example, the Department of Homeland Security is launching an "automated information-sharing" program for utility companies.
The new Exeloo Automated public toilet was installed in Mawson Park, Campbelltown, last month and is the latest in toilet technology.
At the moment, high voltages need to be used which will be a problem if they are to be implemented in robots and other automated tools.
"When it comes to automated transport, the ethical questions are high stakes and fiendishly complicated.
Both can be automated so that they are time-based or location-based, or can be switched on or off ad hoc if you want a few minutes of rest.
According to an Oxford University study published last year, loan officers, receptionists, paralegals, salespeople, drivers, security guards, fast food cooks, bartenders, and financial advisers all risk at least a 50 percent chance of being automated.
"If it's just technical skill, there's a reasonable chance it can be automated, and if it's just being empathetic or flexible, there's an infinite supply of people, so a job won't be well paid," said David Autor, an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Both can be automated so that they are time-based or location-based, or canbe switched on or off ad hoc if you want a few minutes of rest.
Both can be automated so that they are time-based or location-based, or can be switched on or off ad hoc if you want a few minutes of rest.
