Labor Day 2021
September 6, 2021
This Labor Day greets us with a confusing employment situation as millions of people remain out of work at the same time a record number of job openings remain unfilled. Ben Popken
Enterra Insights
Tag: Robotics
In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other cutting-edge technologies with a focus on supply chain management, autonomous decision-making, and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, autonomous intelligent enterprises, emerging technologies, and global trade. Our goal is to advance the public discussion about how cognitive computing and other advanced technologies affect the world in which we live.
Bradd C. Hayes is the active editor of this blog.
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Trends Shaping Industry 4.0
April 23, 2018
Industry 4.0 is the popular name given to the rise of “smart” factories and what some analysts believe is the fourth Industrial Revolution. Revolutions are characterized by radical and pervasive change. Many
New Skills required to Collaborate with Cognitive Tech Co-workers
April 19, 2018
There was only nervous laughter, reports Andrew Kucheriavy (@ky4ep), Founder and CEO of Intechnic, when Sophia, a humanoid robot powered by artificial intelligence (AI), told 60,000 participants at the latest Web Summit
Horseless Carriages and Humanless Workplaces
August 10, 2017
Earlier this year, I reported on the results of a study conducted by Daron Acemoğlu (@DrDaronAcemoglu) of MIT and Pascual Restrepo (@pascualrpo) of Boston University.[1] Those results raised serious doubts about the
Robots: Rise of the Machines
May 22, 2014
MIchael Dobie reports, “Robotic help-wanted ads were up 13 percent in 2013.” [“The rise of the machines — it’s happening,” Newsday, 18 April 2014] You might be wondering, along with Dobie, “Who
Japan’s Demographic Woes Remain Serious
May 15, 2008
I have written about Japan’s demographic situation before [see Demographics and Robots]. Blaine Harden of the Washington Post Foreign Service reports that Japan’s demographic crisis seems to be growing worse [“Japan Steadily
