You won’t believe what they’re doing in China.
This is the Chinese port in Guangzhou.
People unload ships remotely with 5G, AND THEN, AI vehicles automatically drive the containers to trucks and load them, without human assistance.#WaytoModernization pic.twitter.com/BIA6aBwSay
— Jason Smith – 上官杰文 (@ShangguanJiewen) September 30, 2024
🇺🇸 The US #dockworkers strike:
▫36 ports
▫45,000 workers
▫60% of US shipping traffic
▫$5 billion in economic damage *per day*Freight costs for businesses have already gone up 20% ahead of the stoppage…
Key dockworker demands:
Pay raise
▫ 77% raise over six years pic.twitter.com/HaM2WfcZY2— Medan (@sumnjam) October 1, 2024
NOW: The port strike has begun here in Boston.
Members of the International Longshoremen’s Association are marching to the Conley Terminal to hit the picket line after failed contract negotiations with the US Maritime Alliance. This will impact ports from ME to TX. @NBC10Boston pic.twitter.com/w7l3JC9iAB
— Kirsten Glavin (@kirstenglavin) October 1, 2024
BREAKING: 45,000 port workers from Maine to Texas are on strike for the first time since 1977.
The members of the International Longshoremen’s Association walked off the job after their contract expired.
They’re pushing for higher wages and to prevent job-killing automation.
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) October 1, 2024
Thousands of dockworkers have gone on strike for the first time in nearly five decades, shutting down three dozen ports that together handle a quarter of the US’s international trade. https://t.co/yM5E6n8F2D pic.twitter.com/k2Teby7ISq
— Financial Times (@FT) October 1, 2024
A massive dockworker strike at ports on the East and Gulf coasts is expected to wreak havoc on global supply chains and the economy, with American consumers likely to notice shortages of popular products if the strike lasts for a long time.
Read more: https://t.co/CHWZnrrhKU pic.twitter.com/dtPjZNIERN
— CNBC (@CNBC) October 1, 2024
Jobs and Automation: Humans Need Not Apply
Learn more
- These are the jobs most likely to be lost – and created – because of AI – May 4, 2023, World Economic Forum
- Around 40% of all working hours could be impacted by AI large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT-4, says a report from Accenture.
- Many clerical or secretarial roles are seen as likely to decline quickly because of AI, according to the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2023.
- Goldman Sachs Predicts 300 Million Jobs Will Be Lost Or Degraded By Artificial Intelligence – Forbes
- The Potentially Large Effects of Artificial Intelligence on Economic Growth (Briggs/Kodnani). Global Economics Analyst – Goldman Sachs
All of these top jobs existed in some form 100 years ago (until 36. Computer Programmers) and all these jobs can be largely automated by Machine intelligence… and AI robots… within the next 5 years.
The Great Depression saw 25% unemployment…
