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Like millions of other people, the first thing Mark Humphries did with ChatGPT when it was released in late 2022 was ask it to perform parlor tricks, like writing poetry in the style of Bob Dylan — which, while very impressive, did not seem particularly useful to him, a historian studying the 18th-century fur trade. But Humphries, a 43-year-old professor at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Canada, had long been interested in applying artificial intelligence to his work. He was already usi…
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Robbed, stabbed, beaten, underpaid, and overworked. They have had enough.
over 2 years ago
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Instead of 13,000 employees, Foxconn aims to hire 1,454.
almost 3 years ago
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Viewers can watch on a live stream.
almost 3 years ago
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Why an organizing campaign in Alabama matters
about 3 years ago
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A warehouse in Alabama could become the first to unionize in the US.
about 3 years ago
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State taxpayers have spent as much if not more than Foxconn
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Three years after its deal with Trump and the Wisconsin GOP, Foxconn’s factory — and the jobs it promised — don’t exist, and they probably never will.
over 3 years ago
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On conference stages and at campaign rallies, tech executives and politicians warn of a looming automation crisis — one where workers are gradually, then all at once, replaced by intelligent machines. But their warnings mask the fact that an automation crisis has already arrived. The robots are here, they’re working in management, and they’re grinding workers into the ground. The robots are watching over hotel housekeepers, telling them which room to clean and tracking how quickly they do it.…
about 4 years ago
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On any given day, thousands of packages from Walmarts, Targets, and stores around the country travel north along a two-lane road out of Billings, Montana — past the Tumbleweed Saloon, past cows grazing on empty rangeland, past the Busy Bee Cafe and stands of short pines — to the town of Roundup, where they will be unboxed, re-boxed, and sent off to Amazon. At first glance, Roundup does not appear to be a hub for much of anything. Founded by homesteaders and ranchers in the late 19th century, it…
over 4 years ago
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The governor’s office is building the case to renegotiate.
over 4 years ago