Automation Will Be Key for Industrial Facilities In the Post-COVID-19 Era
Warning: This article serves as an industrial use case study for how meatpacking facilities are applying automation to improve efficiency and effectiveness. Consequently, many of the images in this post contain depictions of these meat processing operations that some would consider graphic. If this statement leaves you feeling squeamish, you may want to skip this […]
AI Is Making Smart Farms a Reality
With an ever-increasing number of mouths to feed and looming environmental challenges, the farming industry will need to adapt to the times if it is to succeed at supplying the world with resources. Fortunately, artificial intelligence (AI) offers a number of data-driven solutions to help the agricultural sector improve efficiency and productivity. Constraints Can Yield […]
Machine Learning Can Improve Tech, Medicine, and More through Materials Science
Machine learning is going to change every industry. Want to know how it will affect yours and how you can start using it? Download our Free Machine Learning Whitepaper right now! Materials science is profoundly powerful. Mixing molecules in just the right way has yielded unprecedented advancements in fields like medicine, electronics, manufacturing, and construction. And that’s […]
Why Even Experts Don’t Know How Much AI Will Transform Our Workforce
For the better part of a decade, experts have expressed serious concern about artificial intelligence’s (AI) impact on job security and unemployment rates. But economists have widely varying projections about just how many jobs will be automated in the next decade. Different Pictures of the Same Scenario In one study, researchers at the University of […]
How Can We Prepare for the Coming Era of Automation?
How do we prepare for the upcoming age of automation? It’s a question that’s difficult to answer, and frankly, one that economists Andy Sumner and Lukas Schlogl think we haven’t spent enough time pondering. In a recently published paper from the pair, they discuss the potential effects that artificial intelligence (AI) could have on the global […]
AI Is Already Having a Huge Impact on Jobs in the U.S. Heartland
Across the United States, disruptive technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) are already having profound effects on the economies of towns and cities. Nowhere is this more evident than in the U.S. heartland. Once stimulated by older industries, many of these communities are now turning their attention and hope of reinvigorating their economies with disruptive tech. […]
AI Means Business — But What Does It Mean for Yours?
It’s not exactly a secret that artificial intelligence (AI) is going to change the world. In fact, current developments in AI are already doing that every day. But just what exactly does the future of AI hold in store for business? Mazdak Rezvani, the CEO of Chatkit, an AI conversation marketing platform, dives into this […]
Most Americans Think AI Isn’t a Threat to Their Jobs
Do you think artificial intelligence (AI) could do your job? It’s a strange question that has turned from a hypothetical imagination exercise to an uneasy topic that most people don’t feel like dealing with right now. As AI development advances, this question becomes a more important issue to tackle before it balloons into a bigger […]
The Incoming Three Waves of Automation: Is AI Going to Change Everything?
By 2030, multinational consulting firm PwC estimates that artificial intelligence (AI) could boost the global economy by as much as $15 trillion. But to get to that point, society will have to endure three different waves of automation. Each one will bring its own unique set of benefits and challenges as AI integrates with the […]
The Emerging Internet of Agriculture
The Internet of Things is opening up the door for innovation in a variety of industries. Industrial manufacturing, healthcare, retail, and entertainment are all industries that are getting the IoT treatment. But IoT development is disrupting one industry in particular that could be more important than all the others: agriculture. The Rise of Smart Farming […]