People don’t realize that Black Mirror is propaganda. Extrapolating evil outcomes of technology is the point. Technology has produced far more utopian outcomes than dystopian ones and it will continue to.
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Apple’s Labor Arbitrage and Production Relocation Economics
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They are paying living wages in a country where them wages are lower than in the US, it’s called arbitrage. Also if Apple could not have had access to that labour and skill it would never have been worth trillions in the first place, so trying to move production to the US now
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Meta Whistleblower Testifies Before Senate on Public Policy
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Now testifying w/ Senate Subcommittee on Crime & Counterterrorism: Whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams, Meta's former director of global public policy, who just wrote a memoir, "Careless People." In his intro, @HawleyMO said Meta "desperately" tried to stop her from testifying.
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Will tariffs bring back jobs or accelerate automation?
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Pondering AI Podcast Returns with Bold Conversations on AI Impact
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Are you listening to the latest Pondering AI? We're back with bolder, thought-provoking conversations on AI's impact on people and society.
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Tech Solutions Enable Dementia Patients Workplace Longevity
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How tech can help people with dementia stay in the workplace longer https://
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US Labor Shortage Threatens Technology Operator Positions
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Who will operate them? nobody in the US wants to work these jobs, or have the education to do so.
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Western youth reject tech while US reshores high-tech manufacturing
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Some interesting macro trends. Young people in the west are tired of technology, they want to be more connected to real life and slowly chose to be anti-tech more and more. Meanwhile we see a massive shift in "bringing high tech manufacturing back to the US". Okey, so let's
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US Manufacturing Labor Crisis: Gen-Z Prefers Content Creation Over Factory Work
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Good luck, nobody want to sit in a factory 12 hours a day putting together PCB's Everyone in the US wants to be a youtuber. Poll the Gen-Z and ask them if they like technology….
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AI Political Bias and Extremist Influence in Business Operations
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Is AI Really ‘Woke’ Or Extremist? As #AI becomes increasingly embedded in #business operations, concerns about political #bias and #extremist #influence have emerged as critical #considerations. This analysis examines whether AI systems truly exhibit political #leanings, how