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Looking back at the sweeping changes of the industrial era, can we anticipate challenges and opportunities created by this new age of AI?
If experts are correct, the AI revolution will transform work and life in America in highly unpredictable ways.
Letters to the Editor: Fossil fuels powered the Industrial Revolution. Their time is over Trees burn in the Donnie Creek wildfire near Fort St. John, Canada, on July 2.
"The Industrial Revolution and its consequences," reads the opening lines of "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski's notorious manifesto, "have been a disaster for the human race." Kaczynski, who recently ...
Two of the recent columns by Brian Watson advocated two Band-Aids: extending unemployment compensation and raising the minimum wage. While ignoring their adverse effects, he did reiterate a point ...
No drought needed for industrial revolution. Published 30 November 2022. From John McIntosh, Birkenhead, Merseyside, UK . You report the view that drought may have started the industrial ...
Klaus Schwab coined the term in 2013 in his book “The Fourth Industrial Revolution.” He defines it as “a new stage of industrialization characterized by a fusion of technologies blurring the lines ...
The vaunted Fourth Industrial Revolution or Industry 4.0 will be aided via Massively Distributed Manufacturing, and the use of autonomous vehicles including self-driving cars will make it all come ...