Automation: Hotel self check in
This was not the first hotel self check in that I have used – but this one was fully digital. You enter your confirmation number and last name to confirm…
Automation: White collar jobs are at risk of big change if not outright elimination, due to AI and automation
“People used to say that the robots are going to destroy skilled labor. Well, not really. I haven’t seen any plumbing robots. I haven’t seen any electrician robots. And I…
Automation: “Digital dining” take out orders ending fast food dining rooms?
McDonald’s and other fast food and fast casual giants are betting on the “digital kitchen” — sleek, compact stores that harness automation and digitalization to have diners ordering through mobile…
Automation: Google says their AI can soon replace software engineers
Google can now see a time when coding is automated and human programmers “solve harder challenges.” Source: Google now sees a time when coding will be automated, rolls out AlphaCode…
Demographics, Automation: Drone deliveries to homes and businesses
A US startup has won permission to fly drones over people and beyond the view of their operators in New Zealand, a key regulatory step that could help open the…
Drones: “Amazon’s Drone Delivery Dream Is Crashing”
Amazon announced its drone delivery system was in development, back in 2013, saying it had been in development for some time. Ten years later, they have been unable, so far,…
Automation: “Walmart aims for 65% of stores to be automation serviced by 2026”
(Reuters) -Walmart Inc on Tuesday said it expects about 65% of its stores to be serviced by automation by the end of its fiscal year 2026, just days after revealing…
Automation: “ChatGPT Will Impact Educated, White-Collar Workers”
For the past 40 years, economists, who frequently have tenured, guaranteed for life jobs, advocated for outsourcing/offshoring work and bringing in more immigrants to replace, what were mostly blue-collar workers.…
Automation: Most fast food restaurants rolling out automated order takers
Drive through systems are switching to automated voice processing systems – no need for order takers: That’s not a human talking to you in the fast food drive-thru | Fox…
Demographics, Automation: “Banks turn to automation to realize efficiency gains”
Automation will increasingly support customer experience improvements, product releases and other client-relations objectives, analysts said. Source: Banks turn to automation to realize efficiency gains | Banking Dive Automation is one…