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Makerspaces
Jobs
Robots | Intelligent Machines
Javier Jaén
by JULIET B. SCHOR | NYTimes
Community fabrication spaces like Artisan’s Asylum are becoming popular across the United States and Europe. For many, they represent an appealing vision of the future of work.
Productivity
by Robotics Tomorrow - Contributed by Seegred
The fear of robots is steeped in science fiction and has little to do with the truth. The truth about robots, robotics, and functional uses is the purpose of this analysis.
Intelligent Machines
Images: Danomyte, alexkopj, ryger via Shutterstock.com
by Cameron Scott | Singularity Hub
If computers become as smart as humans, will they do our jobs better than we can?
Labor Market
Photo by Charles Michelet
by Timothy B. Lee | The Washington Post
Should middle-class workers be worried about machines becoming so smart that they take everyone's jobs? The argument for this proposition dramatically overestimates the importance of raw intelligence in the labor market.
Humanoids
ungone.com
by John Markoff | NYTimes
On a recent morning Natanel Dukan walked into the Paris offices of the French robot maker Aldebaran and noticed one of the company’s humanoid NAO robots sitting on a chair. Mr. Dukan, an electrical engineer, could not resist. Bending over, he kissed the robot on the cheek.
China
Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg
By Marcus Chan | Bloomberg.com
While "disruption" is an overused word in the tech world, it's hard not to wonder how 3-D printing might affect global manufacturing and the country in the middle of it all: China.
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