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• Amazon Aims To Put UPS Out Of Business

  14-05-2019 18:32 via technocracy.news
  While Amazon seeks to obsolete human labor in its distribution business, its next target is delivery of those packages and the establishment of a massive network of ‘independent’ businesses. Is there any money in driving? Just ask an Uber or Lyft driver! ⁃ TN EditorAmazon’s new robot packs 600+ boxes per hour vs humans at under 200. With that announcement comes a $10K offer to quit.
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• AI 90% Accurate For Predicting Death By Heart Attack?

  14-05-2019 17:34 via technocracy.news
  When insurance companies, HMOs, medicare, etc., implement this technology, patients will see rampant discrimination based on their AI health score; after all, who would sell a life insurance policy to someone who is going to die soon? ⁃ TN EditorAlgorithms similar to those employed by Netflix and Spotify to customise services are now better than human doctors at spotting who will die or have a heart attack.
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• Modeling Technocracy: Garages Seen As ‘Urban Mobility Hubs’

  14-05-2019 17:21 via technocracy.news
  The 1934 Technocracy Study Course (p. 244) proposed a “network of garages at convenient places all over the country from which automobiles could be had at any hour of the night or day. No automobiles would be privately owned. When one wished to use an automobile he would merely call at the garage.” ⁃ TN EditorWith cities looking at new ways to use garages and alleviate congestion, parking management company FlashParking says it has a different solution: convert garages into &ld
  
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