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Automation Could Cause America to Lose 35% of its Tax Base in the Next 20 Years

Posted in Business on 6th Mar, 2017
by Alex Muller

The US is in danger of losing more than one-third of its tax base due to increasing automation in both manufacturing and service sectors.

People are Heated Over Whether or Not to Tax Robots over Automated Jobs

Posted in Software on 5th Mar, 2017
by Alex Muller

Manufacturing, transportation, and even customer service industries stand to lose jobs to automation in the near future.

UK robotics research gets 7.3m pledge

Posted in Hardware on 27th Feb, 2017
by Alex Muller

Funding of 7.3m ($22m) for artificial intelligence and robotics research to be carried out by British universities is to be announced by the government.

Bill Gates Says Job Stealing Robots Need to Pay Taxes

Posted in Business on 20th Feb, 2017
by Alex Muller

Bill Gates thinks that, as automation makes jobs obsolete, governments should impose a tax on robots.

Beneficial AI conference develops 'Asilomar AI principles' to guide future AI research

Posted in Software on 5th Feb, 2017
by Alex Muller

The result was 23 Asilomar AI Principles, intended to suggest AI research guidelines.