Are Machines Replacing Jobs?

By: on 10.25.11
Industrial Robot

Industrial Robot

While advances in technology help to create new jobs, workers may be losing the race against the machine. A new book by MIT researchers suggests that our economy has an inability to replace jobs faster than automation takes them away. Corporate spending on automation has increased 26 percent while payrolls have stayed the same. Read the full article at NYTimes.com

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Shelly Palmer

Shelly Palmer is Fox 5 New York's On-air Tech Expert (WNYW-TV) and the host of Fox Television's monthly show Shelly Palmer Digital Living. He also hosts United Stations Radio Network's, Shelly Palmer Digital Living Daily, a daily syndicated radio report that features insightful commentary and a unique insiders take on the biggest stories in technology, media, and entertainment. He is Managing Director of Advanced Media Ventures Group, LLC an industry-leading advisory and business development firm and a member of the Executive Committee of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (the organization that bestows the coveted Emmy® Awards).

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  • David Comora

    Great article to ponder as our population hits 7 billion.  Yesterday, my wife, who is a middle school math teacher, told me about a new “smart-board” based program that one NJ public school is using for teaching math.  The teachers that are using the program are told that they cannot talk or “interrupt” the program when it is being shown to the class.  I immediately wondered where this would lead, in terms of replacing human teachers.  I could see our Governor, Chris Christie, would be delighted by the thought of robot teachers…until they unionize!