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Automated

by Marc Verbenkov

The Weekly Podcast Exploring the Impact of Technology on Jobs. This Podcast looks at the upcoming mega-trend of technological unemployment by exploring the various technologies that have the potential to automate jobs. Other related ideas considered include: fake jobs, policies being considered, automation vs augmentation, etc. Initial episodes look at specific technologies and surrounding issues, the focus will shift towards interviews with the organisations involved in developing the technologies, policies, and tackling the associated problems. Website: https://automatedpodcast.org/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/14004782 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Automated_Pod Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRt9adfnAPzsgmw9wREvq2Q/featured

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Episodes

  1. Will Autonomous Trucks come before Cars? Ep# 95.

    Looking at the growing hype surrounding autonomous trucks, what are the challenges and benefits to adopting them?

  2. Did Canada Just Make the Case for Bitcoin? Ep# 94

    Did the Canadian government's reaction to the trucker protests bring to light why Bitcoin and decentralized transactions are necessary?

  3. Sex Bots at the Future of Relationships. (With John Danaher) Ep# 93

    If Sexbots are to become mainstream what kind of disruptions would follow, what kind of ethical implications will they bring, and how will the impact relationships in general? The post Sex Bots at the Future of Relationships. (With John Danaher) Ep# 93 appeared first on .

  4. How the Pandemic will Impact Surveillance Technology. Ep# 92.

    How have emerging technologies been used during the pandemic and how will surveillance tech be used in the future? The post How the Pandemic will Impact Surveillance Technology. Ep# 92. appeared first on .

  5. 2021 Top Automation Highlights (Ep# 91)

    A look back at the main automation trends and news events that happened in 2021 The post 2021 Top Automation Highlights (Ep# 91) appeared first on .

  6. Why is Cybersecurity so Important for our Future? (With Rob Dickinson) Ep# 90.

    Automation, and digital tools offer us such tremendous benefits it might be hard to think that more problems might arise than the benefits they bring due to cybersecurity concerns. The post Why is Cybersecurity so Important for our Future? (With Rob Dickinson) Ep# 90. appeared first on .

  7. Can Vertical Farms Automate Growing Tall Plants? (With Aja Atwood) Ep #89

    Will automated vertical farming be the future of agriculture? If we can grow tall plants how will this change the industry overall? The post Can Vertical Farms Automate Growing Tall Plants? (With Aja Atwood) Ep #89 appeared first on .

  8. Can Artificial Intelligence be a Therapist? (With Michiel Rauws) Ep# 88.

    What kind of benefits can an AI therapist bring to people, and will we have human therapists in the future? The post Can Artificial Intelligence be a Therapist? (With Michiel Rauws) Ep# 88. appeared first on .

  9. Why is Cybersecurity so Important for Blockchain? (With Souhail Mssassi) Ep# 87

    Will private and public blockchains be hampered by an ever growing need to remain safe, or is there a way to deal with hacks and overall cybersecurity? My guest Souhail Mssassi joins me today to talk about these issues and the future of cybersecurity in the blockchain space. The post Why is...

  10. Will Hyperautomation change the Future of Businesses? (With Sunil Ranka of Predikly) Ep# 86

    Sunil Ranka of Predikly discusses how Robotic Process Automation is changing business processes and the Future of Work

  11. What is the Metaverse and how will it change the Future?

    What is the Metaverse? How will it impact society and will it be a net positive for us or will it make things worse?

  12. How will AI change Content Creation for Businesses?

    An exploration as to how Artificial Intelligence is changing how organisations create content, what benefits are realised, and how jobs are transformed as a consequence.

  13. Will Robots Replace Fired Unvaccinated Nurses? (Ep# 83)

    With the new vaccine mandate and healthcare professionals being removed, will the labour shortages act as an opportunity for healthcare robots to enter the industry.

  14. How do we Avoid Collisions in Space? Ep #82. (With Sergio Gallucci)

    A discussion on how to manage our satellite collisions with space junk as the number of launches and space assets will increase over the coming decades.

  15. How is Virtual Reality changing Healthcare? (with Howard Rose) Ep #81

    A discussion about how Virtual Reality is being used to treat pain and other health issues and what this means for the future.

  16. Why was Nuclear Thorium Technology Forgotten? Ep #80

    Why was Thorium nuclear energy forgotten to history even if it was safer, more efficient and cheaper for energy production? By looking at the story of Thorium we see that technology adoption and use isn't a determined outcome.

  17. How will Autonomous Vehicles Impact Cities of the Future? (With Nico Larco) Ep #79.

    Professor Nico Larco comes on to explain both the positive and negative implications for cities in adopting autonomous vehicles, how covid may have changed things with regard to this technology, and how individuals will be affected by this powerful technology.

  18. Will 5G Bring About an Automation Wave? Ep# 78.

    Over the past few years 5G has been a contentious topic. But as an innovation that will underpin several other technologies and sectors, its impact has the possibility to be as substantial as it will be broad. What are the likely social, technological, and economic benefits that will follow?

  19. Should Personal Data be Treated as Labour Today? Ep #77.

    A quick look into the idea of treating your personal data as labour, and turning the benefit of data use back to the user.

  20. Amazon vs Alibaba: The Future of Shopping (With Uptin Saiidi) Ep #76.

    What is it like shopping in an automated store? Both Amazon and Alibaba have implemented grocery stores where no cashiers are needed, and technologies like facial recognition enable automated payments. What is it like using these stores and are they the future?

  21. When will we have Universal Basic Income? (With Hilde Latour) Ep #75.

    What are the arguments for and against UBI, the impact that Covid has had, as well as the numerous pilot studies that have happened across the world and what we can learn from them? Hilde Latour, the Vice-Chair Basic Income Earth Network, comes onto the podcast this week to discuss these points…

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  22. Autonomous Harvesting and the Future of Agriculture. (With Kyle Cobb). Ep #74.

    Kyle Cobb, Co-founder and CFO of Advanced.Farm discusses the impact that autonomous harvesting will have on farmers, workers, and agriculture in general.

  23. The Future of Artificial Intelligence in Europe. (With Philipp Slusallek) Ep #73.

    What are the differences between how AI is being developed and implemented in Europe as compared to China or the US? What are the challenges and future of AI in Europe. Philipp Slusallek of DFKI and I discuss the issues around European AI today.

  24. Bitcoin is now Legal Tender in El Salvador. Ep # 72.

    With Bitcoin now in legal use across El Salvador what does this mean for the rest of Latin America and the world?

  25. What is the Virtual Economy? (With Giorgio Tarraf) Ep #71.

    Giorgio Tarraf, Technology Intelligence Director of L'Atelier BNP Paribas comes onto the podcast to discuss the virtual economy, a new emerging space that exists outside of the real economy, and why it will be important for the future of work, address inequality, and what opportunities there are...

  26. Challenges and Solutions for the New Space Economy (With Araz Feyzi) Ep #70.

    One of the growing challenges for the space industry is tracking both satellites and debris to avoid collisions, which gets more problematic every year as more satellites enter the earth's orbit. To explain how this will play out, the industry, potential job impact, and future vision is Araz…

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  27. Why is Data Privacy so Important for the Future? Ep #69.

    As our world becomes both more digitised and more automated, data is becoming more and more central to the way the world operates, and thus vulnerability in both our businesses and personal lives needs to be taken more seriously

  28. How is Automation Changing Waste Management? (With Eric Camirand) Ep #68.

    How is AI and Robotics changing recycling and waste management? Eric Camirand of Waste Robotics explains the impact that technology is having on waste sorting and the future of circularity.

  29. What will the Future of Work be beyond 2030? (With Matthew Griffin) Ep #67.

    In part 2 of the conversation with Matthew Griffin we discuss the importance of a new educational paradigm for the future, how fully autonomous businesses will emerge, Universal Basic Income, and more!

  30. What will the Future of Work be beyond 2030? (With Matthew Griffin) Ep #66

    It is quite a challenge to predict what changes will come beyond a 10 year time horizon due to the accelerating nature of technological development, and the convergences between these technologies. But in today’s episode we look beyond the 10 year time horizon for the Future of Work, with the…

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  31. What Lies Beyond Smart Cities? Ep #65.

    What is the future of Smart Cities? This episode explores how Smart Cities will impact the Future of Work and what negative issues will arise.

  32. How do Exoskeletons Augment Human Performance? (With Saskia Baltrusch) Ep #64.

    Today’s episode looks at perhaps the clearest example of a technology that augments workers, patients, and people in general; exoskeletons. My guest today to talk about this technology is Dr. Saskia Baltrusch.

  33. What is the Future of Social Robots? (With Oliver Korn) Ep #63.

    Social Robots will be the focus of the discussion today with Oliver Korn the Director of the Affective & Cognitive Institute at Offenburg University in Germany. We talk about where social robots are being used today, and why they can even be a better alternative than living creatures in places…

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  34. What’s so Special about NFTs? (Non-Fungible Tokens). Ep #62.

    Over the last few months you may have read an article or a social media post about a well known person like Grimes, Jack Dorsey, John Cleese, Mark Cuban, Paris Hilton and many others join the NFT frenzy. They have been offering videos, signed tweets, drawings, and even releasing an NFT art…

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  35. Boston Dynamics’ Stretch, why is it important? Ep #61.

    One of, if not the most well known robotics company today is Boston Dynamics. And they have recently introduced another robot called Stretch, which seems quite different from its previous robots.

  36. What is the Future for on Demand Manufacturing? (With Jenn Ryan & Adam Bowe) Ep #60.

    Today’s episode focuses on manufacturing, Specifically how neural networks and Artificial Intelligence gives small and local manufacturers the ability to be better connected to opportunities around them, reduce both the business development and administration friction experienced by new entrants,...

  37. What are the Challenges for Virtual Reality Post Covid? (with Mark Baxter) Ep #59.

    Covid spurred on a newfound wave of interest in VR due to the enforced worldwide remote work situation. Even with the industry’s growth, a number of challenges still face this technology and on today’s episode Mark Baxter of Digitalnauts comes on to explain these, what some potential solutions…

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  38. Holoportation, Remote Work, and the new Microsoft Mesh. Ep #58

    As with some previous episodes that have focused on specific tech releases or recent news events dealing with emerging tech, today we will be looking at the recently announced platform from Microsoft.

  39. How will Artificial Intelligence be used by the Military? (With Chris Gentile) Ep #57.

    Today with Chris Gentile we continue the discussion of how Artificial Intelligence is being integrated into weapons systems and the military overall. The discussion covers why AI should be adopted in the first place, potential issues with autonomous weapons systems, and what are some possible...

  40. Can we Bioprint a Human Heart and other Organs today? (With Steven Morris) Ep #56

    Steven Morris founder and CEO of BIOLIFE4D describes how a human heart is on the verge of being printed and what impacts this will have

  41. Will Virtual Reality be the Future of Work? (With Andreas Christiansen) Ep #55.

    In today’s episode we will revisit the topic of VR and specifically talk about how the pandemic has changed interest in it, what businesses can use VR specifically for, what value employees get from using VR, and what the future of VR use is.

  42. Customizable Browsers and Automated Workflows (With Todd Schiller) Ep #54

    The episode focuses on automating tasks in specific workflows as part of the larger attended automation theme, the issue of data privacy inherent to building apps and software today, how customizing your preferred websites can save enormous amounts of time and other interesting points in the…

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  43. What are the Social Impacts of Gamestop and Automated Trading? Ep #53

    In today’s episode, we’ll be looking at the Gamestop short squeeze mania, how automation is connected to it, and what are some social repercussions that may unfold.

  44. What is the Future of Air Combat Training? (With Glenn Snyder) Ep #52

    In this episode we dive into the challenges of air combat training, How Red6 is bringing augmented reality into the cockpits and what benefits this brings. How artificial intelligence is changing the training experience, what the future of military training might be like, autonomous military…

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  45. Robotics and the Future of Agriculture (With Clint Brauer) Ep #51

    [powerpress] Clint Brauer, CEO of Greenfield robotics and I discuss challenges of the modern agricultural industry and farming in general, what regenerative farming is and why it is important to adopt, and the robots his company is developing to tackle some of the problems listed above.

  46. Envisioning our Automated Future (With Marc Verbenkov) Ep #50

    [powerpress] I was invited onto the Data for Future podcast to discuss automation, emerging tech, and future social impact

  47. Is Low Code the Future for Enterprise Automation? (With Malcolm Ross. Ep #49)

    [powerpress] Malcolm Ross, the Deputy CTO at Appian explains the importance and scale of enterprise software, how Appian and low-code in general are changing how this software is implemented and used, and how the future of enterprise automation will be different.

  48. Top Automation Trends of 2020. Ep #48

    Looking back at 2020, what were the main technologies, trends, and events, that shaped the world of automation?

  49. What does Ubiquitous Voice Assistant Technology mean for Society? (With Serf Doesborgh and Jurriën Hamer) Ep #47.

    [powerpress] Serf Doesborgh and Jurriën Hamer from the Rathenau Institute in the Netherlands talk about Voice technology, (think Alexa, smart home systems, and AI assistants), and its impact on society

  50. What does the Future of Drug Discovery look like? (With Martin Bittner) Ep #46.

    [powerpress] This week I speak to Martin Immanuel Bittner, he is the co-founder and CEO of Arctoris, a fully automated drug discovery platform. We discuss the current drug state of drug discovery, how Arctoris and automation solves a number of challenges

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The Weekly Podcast Exploring the Impact of Technology on Jobs. This Podcast looks at the upcoming mega-trend of technological unemployment by exploring the various technologies that have the potential to automate jobs. Other related ideas considered include: fake jobs, policies being considered, automation vs augmentation, etc. Initial episodes look at specific technologies and surrounding issues, the focus will shift towards interviews with the organisations involved in developing the technologies, policies, and tackling the associated problems. Website: https://automatedpodcast.org/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/14004782 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Automated_Pod Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRt9adfnAPzsgmw9wREvq2Q/featured

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