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July/August 2018
AI and robots are wreaking economic havoc. We need more of them.
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From rust belt to robot belt: Turning AI into jobs in the US heartland
Artificial intelligence is offering an amazing opportunity to increase prosperity, but whether or not we will seize it is our choice.
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Basic income could work—if you do it Canada-style
A Canadian province is giving people money with no strings attached—revealing both the appeal and the limitations of the idea.
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Smart cities
Phoenix will no longer be Phoenix if Waymo’s driverless-car experiment succeeds
Shared autonomous vehicles could transform American cities built around car ownership.
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Why robots helped Donald Trump win
Toledo has more robots per worker than any other US city. They’re producing a healthy economy—and lots of anxiety.
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Rebuilding Germany’s centuries-old vocational program
The
Ausbildung
is widely touted as an example other countries should follow. But it’s struggling to keep up with technological change.
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Artificial intelligence
This is how the robot uprising finally begins
Combining the latest advances in artificial intelligence with robots could transform manufacturing and warehousing—and take AI to the next level.
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Policy
It’s time to rein in the data barons
Facebook, Amazon, and Google will resist attempts to restrain their market power. But for the sake of our collective prosperity and our personal privacy, it’s a fight we can’t afford to lose.
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