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Basic Income Is Already Transforming Life and Work in a Postindustrial Canadian City
In Hamilton, Ontario, a basic income pilot is improving individual lives—but bureaucratic pitfalls and tepid goals can limit its potential.
Basic Income Is Already Transforming Life and Work In a Postindustrial Canadian City
In Hamilton, Ontario, a basic income pilot is improving individual lives—but bureaucratic pitfalls and tepid goals can limit its potential.
The Presidential Candidate Bent on Beating the Robot Apocalypse Will Give Two Americans a $1,000-per-month Basic Income
Andrew Yang is running for President on a platform of paying Americans $1,000 a month.
Can You Trust a Bot to Tell You if Your Job Will Be Obsolete?
Automation is reshaping the workplace—and few jobs are safe.
Autonomous Boats Will Be On the Market Sooner Than Self-Driving Cars
About 90 percent of global shipping is done by sea.
Watch a Robot Solve a Rubik's Cube in Less Than Half a Second
The builders say the robot wasn't even working at full capacity.
How Your Career Can Survive the Next Wave of Automation
As mass automation flourishes, labor, tech and finance experts weigh in on the new brave new world.
Flippy the Burger-Flipping Robot Is Here to Steal Your Job
Developed by American AI company Miso Robotic, the robot can cook up to 2,000 burgers a day.
Watch VICE’s New Documentary, 'The Third Industrial Revolution: A Radical New Sharing Economy'
In a digitally-driven society, social and economic theorist Jeremy Rifkin describes the birth of a new economic system that can address climate change and create a more equitable and empathic world.
Autonomous Semis Could Help Solve Trucking’s Major Labor Shortage
In 2016, US trucking had a shortage of 36,500 drivers.
Watch These Robots Work Themselves to Death in This Sci-Fi Short
'Vicious Cycle' is a look at mindless work and automation.