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Quote: Machines and automated software will be handling fully half of all workplace tasks within seven years, a new report from the World Economic Forum forecasts. But the group said technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotics, and precision medicine, could create more jobs than they threaten.
Yes, might handle half of current work but new work will be created, as in the past.
AGI might conceivably be a problem. But IMO that's a very long way off if at all.
Kevin
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In the nineties of the previous milennium they were already warning that half of the people would be replaced by robots in the "next five years".
They should learn some economy at Davos; people are still cheaper than machines for most tasks.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Nah, it's just that half of the "Half of all work will be by robots" articles will be written in five years. 
TTFN - Kent
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Some merchants pay up to $2,000 for employees' secret services. A++ Would buy good review again
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Amazon is mad that they aren't being paid directly.
More than once, I added a terrible review for a book to other terrible reviews. In one case, ALL the negative reviews were removed within a few weeks. In two others, Amazon tried to remove the negative reviews with bogus excuses, but there were too many (and, I'd guess that others did what I did--replace an in depth negative review that contained reasons why the book sucked with basically "This book sucks.")
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Some developers seem to think that typing is a major bottleneck while programming. It's not. Two fingers, no waiting
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Some developers seem to think that typing is a major bottleneck while programming. It's not.
The biggest bottlenecks are the brains of some project members
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Nelek wrote: The biggest bottlenecks are the absence of brains of some project members
FTFY 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I really wanted not to say the absence of... the danger doesn't come from absence of intelligence, it comes from the illusion of intelligence.
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Nelek wrote: illusion of intelligence
Delusions of adequacy are the worst delusions of all.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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"In short, the purpose of source code is to communicate the workings of a piece of software to the next programmer who comes along."
That's funny, I thought the purpose of source code was to create a computer program which solved a problem.
(To be fair, I think the guy's an idiot, pretending he's profound. "To prove my obvious point, with which nobody actually disagrees, here is a massive straw man, watch me push him over.")
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There's two kinds of programmers. The first leans forward and immediately starts pounding the keys. The second leans back and thinks about how best to solve the problem.
I prefer the second.
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I will agree that it is not a major bottleneck, but not that it is not a bottleneck. The faster you type the faster you can move onto the next part of the process.
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This week the National Coding Week kicks off, and unlike Computer Science Education Week, this event is meant to engage everyone of all ages in digital events and coding. Sorry I posted this late, and you didn't get any coding done before the post
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C64 OS has one goal: make a Commodore 64 feel fast and useful in today’s modern world. Now I just have to figure out how to get it onto the tape drive
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"useful"; always good to know immediately that a goal will fail.
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Microsoft released a security advisory about a denial-of-service vulnerability that could render multiple versions of Windows completely unresponsive and has no mitigation factors, the company says. "That's a drag with a monkey on your back Smack Jack"
Praise the Nina.
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Windows, Windows, Windows. Oh, and Linux had this problem too, and fixed it. So did Microsoft.
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Linux's creator is stepping back from his Linux kernel work -- to work instead on his behavior toward other developers. The first step is admitting you have a problem
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I recall one coworker who was very polite and affable in person, but would be extremely offensive in email and messaging. It was very weird.
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good for him.
I hope it was not forced on him.
I'd rather be phishing!
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In the following post I'm going to talk about two concerns I have with features planned for C# 8. Is that like Promises, but where you don't want an event to happen?
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Google is reportedly building a prototype system that would tie Chinese users’ Google searches to their personal phone numbers, as part of a new search service that would comply with the Chinese government’s censorship requirements. It's so they can phone you once the search results come back
Evil level: 911 (or 999 in the UK)
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Microsoft is tackling the rise of macro-based attack vectors for malware in Office 365. Just in time: I hear those might become significant soon
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The service for employers promises to assess their hiring practices and assessment tests Is it a portable whiteboard?
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