Japanese company replaces office workers with artificial intelligence

realcleverscience:

futuramb:

Justin McCurry in Tokyo Thursday 5 January 2017 09.57 GMT Last modified on Thursday 5 January 2017 17.16 GMT View more sharing options Shares 10k A future in which human workers are replaced by machines is about to become a reality at an insurance firm in Japan, where more than 30 employees are being laid off and replaced with an artificial intelligence system that can calculate payouts to policyholders.

The trend continues. Robots taking our jerbs.
And not just blue collar jobs, as this story illustrates.

A potential plus side of this is that if the middle class is suddenly finding themselves obsolete, I could see politicians doing more to address the issue than if it was just limited to lower-class jobs.

Universal Basic Income (UBI) anyone?

Japanese company replaces office workers with artificial intelligence

realcleverscience:

futuramb:

Justin McCurry in Tokyo Thursday 5 January 2017 09.57 GMT Last modified on Thursday 5 January 2017 17.16 GMT View more sharing options Shares 10k A future in which human workers are replaced by machines is about to become a reality at an insurance firm in Japan, where more than 30 employees are being laid off and replaced with an artificial intelligence system that can calculate payouts to policyholders.

The trend continues. Robots taking our jerbs.
And not just blue collar jobs, as this story illustrates.

A potential plus side of this is that if the middle class is suddenly finding themselves obsolete, I could see politicians doing more to address the issue than if it was just limited to lower-class jobs.

Universal Basic Income (UBI) anyone?

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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC:  Watch the Elaborate Courtship of Three Gray Whales

typhlonectes:

Passengers on a whale-watching tour were treated to a surprise when they spotted not two, but what appeared to be three gray whales mating off the coast of Newport Beach, California earlier this month. The intriguing footage captured the three cetaceans encircling and rolling around each other while dolphins swim nearby. The footage was shot via drone by Mark Girardeau.

What appears to be mating, however, is simply an elaborate courtship in which two males can be seen attempting to mate with a female…