Technology futures

No joke. AI = massive unemployment: (via NPR) Artificial Intelligence Poses 'Existential Risk' / http://www.npr.org/2017/07/17/537686649/elon-musk-warns-governors-artificial-intelligence-poses-existential-risk?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=alltech&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170717

When it's too much an effort to get off the couch: (via NPR) A Mobile Supermarket That Comes To You / http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/07/05/535413093/too-convenient-a-mobile-supermarket-that-comes-to-you

Investments in smart home technology: (via ZDNet) IoT spending to surpass $800 billion in 2017, led by hardware / http://www.zdnet.com/article/iot-spending-to-surpass-800-billion-in-2017-led-by-hardware-idc/

As shareholders approve the sale... (via Reuters) Verizon plans to cut about 2,000 jobs at Yahoo, AOL / http://www.reuters.com/article/us-verizon-jobs-idUSKBN18Z2EF

Not until SkyNet becomes self-aware: (via BBC) Is it dangerous for humans to depend on computers? / http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-40124772