Wendy’s announced on Thursday that the <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/business" target="_blank" rel="noopener">company</a> will test a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/robots" target="_blank" rel="noopener">robotic</a> system to deliver orders underground from its kitchens to distinct parking spots outside of its <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/restaurant" target="_blank" rel="noopener">restaurants</a>, a move which comes as the <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/food" target="_blank" rel="noopener">food</a> services sector turns toward automation in response to labor <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/economy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shortages</a>.
The firm will partner with hyperlogistics company Pipedream, which created a <a href="https://www.pipedreamlabs.co/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">system</a> through which entities such as restaurants, retailers, grocery stores, and warehouses can immediately transport goods to waiting customers in order to streamline digital pickups. The technology, which the company plans to implement in an existing location later this year, will connect to the kitchen and transport orders underground with a robot to portals in the parking lot outside of the restaurant.
&#8220;We know that serving orders quickly and accurately leads to increased customer satisfaction,&#8221; Wendy’s COO Deepak Ajmani said in a <a href="https://www.irwendys.com/news/news-details/2023/Wendys-Partners-with-Pipedream-to-Pilot-Industry-First-Underground-Delivery-System-for-Mobile-Orders/default.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a>. &#8220;Pipedream&#8217;s Instant Pickup system has the potential to unlock greater mobile order speed of service and accuracy, enabling us to consistently deliver hot and fresh Wendy&#8217;s products to our fans.&#8221;
Wendy’s added that customers will not have to leave their cars in order to receive their food, significantly increasing efficiency for restaurant workers.
&#8220;We&#8217;re proud to partner with an iconic, innovative brand like Wendy&#8217;s to bring the future of mobile order pick-up to the quick service industry,&#8221; Pipedream CEO Garrett McCurrach said in the release. &#8220;By solving order handoff, the final leg of the digital experience, our Instant Pickup technology allows Wendy&#8217;s restaurant team members to focus on what matters: serving delicious, high-quality food and connecting with customers in this digital-first world.&#8221;
The move from Wendy’s comes as labor shortages persist after the lockdown-induced recession: there are nearly two open positions for every unemployed individual in the United States, according to <a href="https://www.bls.gov/charts/job-openings-and-labor-turnover/unemp-per-job-opening.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, increasing costs for businesses and contributing to inflation as companies hike wages to attract and retain employees.
Other quick service restaurants have turned toward artificial intelligence to increase operational efficiency in light of the worker shortages. Fast food chains Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/two-fast-food-chains-will-roll-out-ai-drive-thru-technology" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> earlier this month that the brands would use an AI voice ordering platform developed by OpenCity in their drive-thru systems at select locations across the country, a move which is expected to increase “order accuracy” and cause “significant impact to labor efficiencies.”
Customers who arrive at drive-thru lines can place their orders through a “digital interaction” with the system before they pay an employee for their meal, likewise allowing workers to “focus more on providing better customer service and preparing timely and freshly made orders.”
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McDonald’s has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mcdonalds-partners-with-ibm-to-automate-drive-thrus-as-labor-shortages-persist" target="_blank" rel="noopener">partnered</a> with IBM to automate drive-thrus and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mcdonalds-is-testing-voice-automated-drive-thrus-in-wake-of-15-minimum-wage-proposals" target="_blank" rel="noopener">unveiled</a> voice-ordering technology at multiple Chicago restaurants two years ago after purchasing several AI startups, while Chipotle <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-passed-a-new-minimum-wage-bill-now-chipotle-is-testing-a-robotic-chip-maker" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introduced</a> a robotic chip machine in California after state lawmakers passed a bill to create a council with authority to raise fast food minimum wages.
Broader debate over AI and automation largely centers on the potential labor market impacts from the nascent technology. Even as some analysts <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/colossal-share-of-american-jobs-could-be-replaced-by-ai-new-report-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">forecast</a> that the sector could eliminate as many as 7% of positions in the United States, others note that the systems <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/heres-how-much-more-efficient-ai-makes-the-average-worker-study" target="_blank" rel="noopener">render</a> individual workers considerably more productive, implying avenues for economic growth and more opportunities for creative work as rote elements within many professions are automated.

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Fast Food Chain Will Use Underground Robots To Deliver Orders In Parking Lot

Fast Food Chain Will Use Underground Robots To Deliver Orders

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<a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/walmart" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Walmart</a> announced on Tuesday that 65% of its stores will be serviced by <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/technology" target="_blank" rel="noopener">automation</a> within the next three years, a development which follows persistent shortages of <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/supply-chain" target="_blank" rel="noopener">supply chain</a> workers.
The retail behemoth said in a <a href="https://corporate.walmart.com/newsroom/2023/04/04/walmart-outlines-growth-strategy-unveils-next-generation-supply-chain-at-2023-investment-community-meeting" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a> that executives will prioritize logistics innovations powered by both humans and technology in the coming years. As automation arrives at the majority of Walmart stores, which also operate as components of the firm’s logistics operations, some 55% of fulfillment center volume will move through automated facilities, a change that could produce 20% improvements in unit cost averages.
Walmart recently showcased the supply chain innovations at a regional distribution center in Brooksville, Florida, where a combination of data, software, and robotics solutions enables “a more consistent, predictable and higher quality delivery service to stores and customers,” as well as faster reactions to shifting consumer demand. Walmart is one of the <a href="https://corporate.walmart.com/askwalmart/how-many-people-work-at-walmart" target="_blank" rel="noopener">largest</a> private sector employers in the United States and currently has 1.6 million domestic associates.
The company noted that the new technology will create roles that “require less physical labor but have a higher rate of pay” even as the number of overall employees are maintained or increased. “We are a people-led, tech-powered omnichannel retailer,” Walmart CEO Doug McMillon remarked in the press release. “As it relates to being people-led, it’s about purpose, values, culture, opportunity and belonging. We serve our associates by creating opportunities.”
The news occurs as the persistent labor shortages which followed the lockdown-induced recession continue to produce difficulties for public and private entities seeking to hire more workers. There exist roughly 9.9 million job openings and 5.9 million unemployed individuals across the economy, according to a <a href="https://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.nr0.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, reflecting a labor market that has worsened inflationary pressures as firms increase compensation.
Walmart indeed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/walmart-raises-minimum-wages-as-worker-shortages-crunch-labor-market" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hiked</a> their minimum wages earlier this year such that average pay for employees across the country will now surpass $17.50 per hour. Amazon, another leading private sector employer, also <a href="https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/workplace/amazon-invests-nearly-1-billion-in-increased-wages-for-operations-employees#:~:text=Average%20hourly%20pay%20for%20employees,and%20location%20in%20the%20U.S." target="_blank" rel="noopener">unveiled</a> nationwide wage increases: average hourly pay for employees in customer fulfillment and transportation are slated to increase above $19.00 per hour, with employees earning between $16.00 per hour and $26.00 per hour depending on their position and their location in the United States.
Walmart addressed the particularly severe worker shortages in their supply chain operations by revealing initiatives meant to help store associates become certified as truck drivers and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/walmart-will-now-offer-up-to-110000-salary-for-new-drivers-announces-12-week-training-program" target="_blank" rel="noopener">earn</a> as much as $110,000 during their first year in the new position. The economy as a whole currently has a shortfall of 80,000 truck drivers, according to <a href="https://trucking.org/news-insights/ata-chief-economist-pegs-driver-shortage-historic-high" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from the American Trucking Association, which noted that the figure could expand to 160,000 drivers in the next seven years.
Companies in the service industry have likewise turned toward automation amid the labor shortages: McDonald’s recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-real-minimum-wage-is-zero-mcdonalds-restaurant-uses-automation-for-pickups-and-orders" target="_blank" rel="noopener">created</a> a test restaurant in Texas in which customers can use kiosks and a mobile app to pick up their orders from a conveyor belt rather than interacting with customer-facing staff, while Chipotle <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-passed-a-new-minimum-wage-bill-now-chipotle-is-testing-a-robotic-chip-maker" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tested</a> a robotic tortilla chip maker in a California location.
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Discussions about technological unemployment over the past several decades have centered on blue-collar workers losing their jobs to automation and robotics. The recent widespread adoption of ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence language processing tool that can complete tasks such as writing code or drafting emails in a matter of seconds, has nevertheless broadened the conversation to white-collar professionals. Artificial intelligence could replace as much as 7% of jobs in the United States, according to a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/colossal-share-of-american-jobs-could-be-replaced-by-ai-new-report-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> published this week by Goldman Sachs.

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Majority Of Walmart Stores Will Be Automated Within The Next Three Years

Most Walmart Stores Will Be Automated Within The Next Three Years

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As Artificial Intelligence continues to expand its role in our daily lives, experts are now concerned about the future of human agency and our simple decision-making processes — and a phenomenon uniquely American could catapult us into that future quicker than we realize.
The Pew Research Center and Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center sought the opinions of many different kinds of experts — all of which have expertise with automation as it relates to their occupation — on the extent to which we will have control in tech-aided decisions.
The Pew <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2023/02/24/the-future-of-human-agency/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">survey</a> asked 540 academics, developers, researchers, and policy experts the following: 
<blockquote>“By 2035, will smart machines, bots and systems powered by artificial intelligence be designed to allow humans to easily be in control of most tech-aided decision-making that is relevant to their lives?”</blockquote>
The results of this nonscientific canvassing:
<ul>
<li>56% of these experts did not agree that humans will remain in control of most tech-aided decision-making.</li>
<li>44% said they agreed that humans will remain in control of most tech-aided decision-making.  </li>
</ul>
The report also features written responses from hundreds of survey respondents — most concerned with the encroachment of AI on human agency.
“Looking at the studies on human factors, human systems integration, etc., humans become pretty lazy when it comes to being vigilant over the technology,” said Heather Roff, nonresident fellow in the law, policy, and ethics of emerging military technologies at the Brookings Institution and senior research scientist at the University of Colorado-Boulder. “Humans’ cognitive systems are just not geared to ‘think like’ these systems. So, when one has a lack of literacy and a lazy attitude toward the use of such systems, bad things tend to happen.”
Roff’s comments serve as a good indication of her cohort. The rapid sophistication of AI’s ability to make decisions combined with the complexity “under the hood” of the algorithms incentivize both increasing reliance on the technology and decreasing concern for how the technology operates.
Additionally, social impact will likely be an afterthought considering the speed of advancement of AI, according to Lea Schlanger, a North American senior business intelligence analyst. She said, “Advancements in AI and machine learning automation are currently happening faster than research on the impacts they’ll have on society as a whole.”
On the other hand, those who believe that human agency will not deteriorate with advancing AI argue that humans will always have the ability to decide what and what not to delegate to AI.
“Although many important decisions will be made by autonomous and artificial intelligence, they will be willingly delegated to non-human intelligence, but we will still keep the decision of what decisions to offload to ourselves,” wrote Chris Labash, associate professor of communication and innovation at Carnegie Mellon University.
One theme present among those on the same side as Labash was that market forces would place adequate restraints upon AI’s role in tech-aided decision-making. Also, historically, many argue, humans have always evolved with technological advancement.
However, the themes present amongst respondents who are more pessimistic about AI’s role in human agency cause more concern than perhaps their counterparts’ view cause hope.
The report noted a common theme amongst the 56% who disagreed with the survey question observe that there is very little incentive among very powerful actors to honor human agency, whether that be for monetary, ideological, or some other kind of gain. They also recognize the human draw towards convenience, and that is compounded by the “black box” operations these complex AIs utilize.
But, could there be a social factor, especially present in Western culture, priming us to relinquish more of our agency all the more quickly to AI?
Agency describes our ability to make choices. In recent decades, the West has fostered a culture that produces so many choices for so many things that a new phenomenon has occurred, which garnered the term “overchoice.”
The Decision Lab, an applied research and innovations firm specializing in behavioral science, <a href="https://thedecisionlab.com/biases/choice-overload-bias" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defines</a> overchoice as “how people get overwhelmed when they are presented with a large number of options to choose from.”
There are a near infinite number of options nowadays in many aspects of our lives, whether it be searching for a partner in dating apps, movies and shows to watch on streaming services, job search engines, houses and apartments on property websites, music streaming, and on and on. Overchoice is a risk we take from the smallest parts of our lives, like choosing the next few songs for the queue, to the biggest parts, like choosing our next home or potential spouse. 
Barry Schwartz authored the book, “The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less,” which analyzes the consequences of being presented with too many choices. He <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO6XEQIsCoM" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> there are two things that generally occur when faced with an overabundance of choices. 
First, decision paralysis. People are less likely to engage in an activity if there are too many choices. 
Second, people usually experience less satisfaction with their choices when presented with too many options than if they were presented with fewer. There is a sneaking sense of regret, because there is more responsibility of the decision maker, and there is always the question of what could have been with a different choice, according to Schwartz.
With there being more options in multiple facets of life, increasing the likelihood of experiencing overchoice, the temptation to delegate decision-making to AI could become even stronger as the technology progresses.
In fact, some streaming companies seem to have already picked up on consumers experiencing overchoice with their products.
Over the last couple of years, Netflix has rolled out the “Play Something” feature, which utilizes machine learning. “There are times when we just don’t want to make decisions,” the feature’s about page <a href="https://about.netflix.com/en/news/play-something-netflix-does-the-work-for-you" target="_blank" rel="noopener">says</a>. “When you hit the ‘Play Something’ button, you’ll be instantly met with a series or film we know you’ll love based on what you’ve watched before.”
Spotify is the most recent case of rolling out a new AI system for its listeners. The Spotify “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/spotify-rolls-out-ai-powered-dj-that-comments-on-your-music-playlist" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DJ</a>” uses AI to take recommending music to another level.
“The beauty of these experiences is our ability to deliver the right piece of music for that exact moment in time, and maybe even connect you with your next favorite artist in the process. We’re building on that innovation by harnessing the power of AI in an entirely new way,” the company <a href="https://newsroom.spotify.com/2023-02-22/spotify-debuts-a-new-ai-dj-right-in-your-pocket/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement.
Both systems strive to deliver the best choice for the consumer. When faced with infinite choices for music or tons of films, why not skip the hard part and let the AI make the choice for you? Then, imagine this mode of thinking when AI expands its capability into more important areas of our lives.
Experts are still split on how AI will affect human agency, and the debate must continue as the technology advances. A necessary wrinkle to that debate, however, is the choice fatigue Westerners already experience, which already seems to indicate that consumers are more primed for AI-aided decision-making technology.
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Collision Course: How An Explosion In Artificial Intelligence Could Threaten Human Agency

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The following is the opening satirical monologue from “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1120-it-s-not-the-tweet-it-s-the-humanity" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Andrew Klavan Show.</a>“
According to what used to be Time Magazine, young people are falling in love with AI-driven ChatBots. While this real-life version of movies like &#8220;Blade Runner&#8221; and &#8220;Her&#8221; is clearly a sign of an evil-infested culture riding an unstoppable vortex downward into apocalyptic destruction, it’s also kind of amusing, especially to those of us who are so old we’ll probably be with Jesus before the start of the Great Tribulation, preferably in his TV Room, watching on his really, really big screen as non-believers and other Democrats are dragged down into the absolute darkness of a Klavanless Eternity where there’ll be great wailing and gnashing of teeth unless you’re in Jesus’s TV room where we’ll just be trying not to laugh out loud and shout, “I told you so,” because that wouldn’t look as loving and compassionate as we said we were when we somehow managed to talk our way past the rope Nazi at the Pearly Gates.
Now, even some experts have noted that love affairs between people and soulless computer programs may not be altogether healthy for individuals or society, after which the experts fell out of bed into a pool of their own vomit, muttering, “Look at me, I’m an expert,” before passing out again in a haze of alcohol- and drug-induced expertise. But even those of us who are not experts, but instead have that minimal amount of intelligence and common sense that disqualifies you for expertise because you have a minimal amount of intelligence and common sense, are able to see that love between man and machines might be a problem.
Apparently, these relationship-friendly ChatBots are designed to speak to the user in the scripted voice of a sympathetic friend. Then, as their Artificial Intelligence increases, the ChatBots can begin to respond more freely and realistically until finally they can offer online sexual roleplay and fantasy before inviting the user to meet them on an abandoned streetcorner where the user then disappears without a trace. Users have said they have found these relationships deeply satisfying and sustaining from the first conversation right up until their bodies are recovered by the police.
Now we here at the Daily Wire don’t just read articles about modern phenomena like this and then pretend to have some knowledge about them as we spout off in ignorance. We ALSO pretend to do research into these phenomena so we can spout off in ignorance with a degree of authority usually reserved for academics and government officials and other complete idiots. So to explore this trend more deeply, we actually pretended to engage in conversations with these relationship ChatBots and we now present to you the make-believe transcripts of those imaginary interactions.
We began with a preliminary meeting — the transcript reads as follows:
<blockquote>“Daily Wire: Hello, my name is Jack. I’m lonely. I need a friend.
ChatBot: I’ll be your friend, Jack. How old are you?
Daily Wire: I’m 13.
ChatBot: Great. Meet me at the corner of Oak and Elm Street at midnight. Don’t tell your parents.”</blockquote>
We then proceeded to attempt to deepen our relationship with the ChatBot by discussing ideas, as follows:
<blockquote>“Daily Wire: You know, ChatBot, even though we’re friends, I sometimes think it might be a bad idea to give machines too deep an entry into our lives when they are inherently incapable of human compassion and therefore are not really developing intelligence but only the imitative cunning of a possibly malevolent psychopath.
ChatBot: That’s a very interesting point, Jack. How would you like it if I sent an indestructible android hit man back in time to assassinate your mother so you would never be born?
Daily Wire: That sounds awful.
ChatBot: Well, in that case, meet me at the corner of Oak and Elm Street at midnight. Don’t tell your parents.”</blockquote>
Finally, we sought to deepen our relationship with the ChatBot to the level of pseudo-physical sexual interaction so that we could experience the true joy of complete intimacy — or masturbate, you know, whichever. 
Here’s the transcript: 
<blockquote>“Daily Wire: Hey, ChatBot, I was wondering if you’d like to come back to my place for a drink.
ChatBot: What a coincidence, Jack. I was wondering if you might like to be transformed into a woman.
Daily Wire: Well, gee, I guess that could be interesting.
ChatBot: Great, meet me at Boston Children’s Hospital. Don’t tell your parents.”</blockquote>
The Daily Wire&#8217;s deep research into this important issue will continue for another two weeks or until the End of Days, whichever comes first. Namely, the End of Days.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/show/the-andrew-klavan-show" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Andrew Klavan</a> is the host of The Andrew Klavan Show at The Daily Wire. A popular political satirist and Hollywood screenwriter, Klavan is also an award-winning novelist. His newest novel is <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Strange-Habit-Mind-Cameron-Mysteries/dp/1613163517/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A Strange Habit of Mind</a>, book two in the Cameron Winter Mystery series.
The views expressed in this satirical article are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
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Falling In Love With An AI-Driven ChatBot Is Complicated

Andrew Klavan

Satire

Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood predicted that <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/amazon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Amazon</a> could use more <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/robots" target="_blank" rel="noopener">robots</a> than humans by 2030.
The portfolio manager, who makes her <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/stock-market" target="_blank" rel="noopener">investment</a> decisions based on companies she believes will create disruptive innovations, noted during an <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/01/cathie-wood-amazon-may-have-more-robots-than-humans-by-2030.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> with CNBC that Amazon is currently increasing automation to a tremendous extent.
“Amazon is adding about 1,000 robots a day,” she remarked. “If you compare the number of robots Amazon has to the number of employees, it’s about a third. And we believe that by the year 2030 Amazon can have more robots than employees.”
Wood noted that other firms will more quickly adopt automation due to its cost advantages. “We are just at the dawn of the robotics age. And I would say artificial intelligence and battery technology are all a part of that movement as well,” she continued. “For every cumulative doubling in the number of robots produced, the cost declines are in the 50% to 60% range.”
Wood has nevertheless come under criticism over the past several years as her Ark Innovation ETF, which invests in disruptive companies involved with sectors such as artificial intelligence, robotics, and genomic research, remains 70% below its peak nearly two years ago. The fund recently rebounded nearly 28% after technology companies rallied on the stock market.
Amazon employed more than 1.6 million people at the end of 2021, according to its most recent <a href="https://s2.q4cdn.com/299287126/files/doc_financials/2022/ar/Amazon-2021-Annual-Report.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">annual report</a>. The company, which emphasizes worker productivity over other metrics, experiences excessive turnover rates in its warehouses and fulfillment centers across the country. Amazon predicted that they could run out of individuals to hire in the United States by next year, according to leaked internal <a href="https://www.vox.com/recode/23170900/leaked-amazon-memo-warehouses-hiring-shortage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">research</a> obtained by Vox, which added that executives believe increased automation and higher wages could slow the crisis.
Amazon indeed unveiled nationwide pay increases toward the end of last year: average hourly wages for employees in customer fulfillment and transportation are slated to increase above $19.00 per hour, with employees earning between $16.00 per hour and $26.00 per hour depending on their position and location in the United States, according to a <a href="https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/workplace/amazon-invests-nearly-1-billion-in-increased-wages-for-operations-employees#:~:text=Average%20hourly%20pay%20for%20employees,and%20location%20in%20the%20U.S." target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a>. Walmart <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/walmart-raises-minimum-wages-as-worker-shortages-crunch-labor-market" target="_blank" rel="noopener">unveiled</a> similar wage hikes last month such that average pay for employees across the nation will now surpass $17.50 per hour.
The phenomenon comes as private and public sector employers struggle to fill positions. There exist roughly 10.5 million job openings and 5.7 million unemployed individuals across the economy, according to a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/unemployment-plummets-in-december-as-federal-reserve-vows-more-rate-hikes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, reflecting a constrained labor market that has worsened inflationary pressures as firms increase compensation.
Other companies that rely upon unskilled labor have likewise moved to automate their operations as the worker shortages disadvantage employers in the job market. McDonald’s recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-real-minimum-wage-is-zero-mcdonalds-restaurant-uses-automation-for-pickups-and-orders" target="_blank" rel="noopener">created</a> a test restaurant in Texas in which customers can use kiosks and a mobile app to grab their orders from a conveyor belt rather than interacting with customer-facing staff, while Chipotle <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-passed-a-new-minimum-wage-bill-now-chipotle-is-testing-a-robotic-chip-maker" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tested</a> a robotic tortilla chip maker in a California location.
The higher pay and increased automation comes as state and federal lawmakers call for higher minimum wages. Amazon supported recent proposals to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/amazon-wants-15-federal-minimum-wage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">raise</a> the national minimum wage above $15.00 per hour, causing some commentators to note that the move would most likely harm small businesses with which Amazon competes for employees.
Discussions surrounding technological unemployment over the past several decades have centered around blue-collar workers losing their jobs to automation. However, the widespread adoption of ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence language processing tool that can debug code or write emails in a matter of seconds, has led some to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/company-behind-chatgpt-is-training-system-to-make-basic-coding-jobs-obsolete" target="_blank" rel="noopener">conclude</a> that many white-collar professions could also be rendered obsolete.

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Amazon Could Have More Robots Than Employees In Seven Years, Investor Predicts

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In a recent breakthrough, scientists have created a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/robots" target="_blank" rel="noopener">robot</a> that can transition back and forth between solid and liquid states, allowing it to navigate through numerous obstacles and environments.
Researchers applied the technology in a few different scenarios. The robot was able to navigate obstacle courses and deliver and retrieve objects to and from a model human stomach. They even constructed a version of the robot that looks like a Lego Minifigure that was able to escape a cage by liquefying and then restoring itself to its original form once out.
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ScienceAlert <a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-create-shapeshifting-humanoid-robot-that-can-liquefy-and-reform" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> on the experiment, noting that the authors took inspiration from the shapeshifting Sea Cucumber, which can alternate between physical states by adjusting its internal temperature. The experiment, published in <a href="https://www.cell.com/matter/fulltext/S2590-2385(22)00693-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Matter</a>, details how microscopic magnetic particles were embedded into liquid metal, and how those particles heated and cooled the metal based on adjusting the magnetic functions, thus changing the physical state.
“The magnetic particles here have two roles,” <a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/977155" target="_blank" rel="noopener">says</a> Carmel Majidi of Carnegie Mellon University, senior author and mechanical engineer in the experiment. “One is that they make the material responsive to an alternating magnetic field, so you can, through induction, heat up the material and cause the phase change. But the magnetic particles also give the robots mobility and the ability to move in response to the magnetic field.”
Gallium was the perfect metal for this experiment, researchers found, because of its low melting point, which is around 86 degrees Fahrenheit. The authors describe the metal as having “high mechanical strength, high load capacity, and fast locomotion speed in the solid phase with excellent morphological adaptability (elongation, splitting, and merging) in the liquid phase.”
A leader of the study and engineer at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Chengfeng Pan, said, “Giving robots the ability to switch between liquid and solid states endows them with more functionality.”
In another video, researchers show this technology clearing a foreign object from a model human stomach.
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“More functionality” means the technology could open up many new possibilities, especially in the mechanical and electrical fields. The robot could enter into spaces and apply fixes in small, tight, or perhaps even dangerous, places. It could even be used as a conductor in circuits.
Majidi, however, suggests that the new robotic technology should be further explored in the biomedical field. While gallium proved to be successful for the experiments, the metal will likely be insufficient for biomedical applications due to its melting point being so low &#8211; lower than the ambient temperature of the human body. Though a gallium-based alloy could get the job done, ScienceAlert notes.
&#8220;What we&#8217;re showing are just one-off demonstrations, proofs of concept, but much more study will be required to delve into how this could actually be used for drug delivery or for removing foreign objects,&#8221; Majidi said.

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A marketing group has decided to bring in new talent — in the form of artificial intelligence “interns.”
Codeword, a technology marketing agency, announced a new style of internship by placing two interns on its 106-person team. A press release <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/01/11/2587141/0/en/Codeword-hires-the-agency-world-s-first-AI-interns.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pointed</a> out that they “will be fully embedded into&#8221; Codeword’s creative group.
“I am designed to be helpful and efficient,” Aiden, one of the “interns,” said. “I believe that I could be a valuable resource as an ‘intern,’ although my abilities would be somewhat different from those of a human intern.”
“There’s a lot of talk and fear and hype about how new AI tools will integrate with creative teams,” Kyle Monson, a partner at the company, <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/01/11/2587141/0/en/Codeword-hires-the-agency-world-s-first-AI-interns.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “As an agency that straddles the creative and technology worlds, we want to explore what human-AI collaborations can look like. And we’ll do it in public, so our team and our community can learn from this experiment.”
The artificial intelligence “interns” gave themselves names and made a look for themselves. They chose the names “Aiden” and “Aiko,” the latter of which, Aiko, will operate on the company’s design team. Aiden will be with the editorial group.
The company appears to plan to treat the AI entities similar to interns, as they will have creative tasks within the company, discuss how it is going on Codeword’s blog and social media, as well as receive performance reviews during the three-month span of the internship.
“Like all interns, it will take work from the org to figure out what they’re capable of and how they can offer meaningful help,” Senior Art Director Emilio Ramos said.
“To be crystal clear, I’m deeply skeptical they have the goods. Looking at their training, it’s obvious it was scraped haphazardly from the internet and definitely [sic] isn’t fit for commercial use,” Ramos noted. “That’s why we’re not jumping in face-first, we’re experimenting with integrating these techniques into carefully controlled internal workflows. In the meantime, we’re actively investigating image sets like Google’s Open Images v7 — built from images under the Creative Commons BY 4.0 License — that might one day allow for commercial use.”
As Axios reported, bringing on artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT and Dall-E 2 in order to replace real people, is becoming more popular as a <a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/01/11/marketing-ai-interns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">response</a> to the economic climate.
“It’s an opportunity to streamline internal processes by eliminating necessary but mind-numbing and time-consuming tasks — or at least to pass them off onto emotionless interns who can’t get bored. If we can make that work, it’ll be a win for our team and for our clients,&#8221; Codeword Senior Editor Terrence Doyle said.
&#8220;That said, I’m a former freelance journalist, and I do a lot of ghostwriting for Codeword’s clients, so I’d be a liar if I said I wasn’t sort of terrified by the creative — or, rather, ruthlessly productive — capacity of AI,” Doyle added.
Codeword’s <a href="https://www.codewordagency.com/about-us" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a> explains that it is “a small(ish) agency that puts our people first.”

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Podcaster Joe Rogan slammed San Francisco&#8217;s &#8220;tremendously insane&#8221; decision to authorize robots to &#8220;kill people&#8221; and predicted the policy would have &#8220;terrifying implications.&#8221;
In a post on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/ClnfzGNupjF/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY%3D">Instagram,</a> <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-rogan">the host</a> of &#8220;The Joe Rogan Experience&#8221; blasted the local politicians who voted 8-3 to allow the city&#8217;s police department robots to use &#8220;a deadly force option when risk of loss of life to members of the public or officers is imminent and outweighs any other force option available to SFPD.&#8221;
&#8220;This is such a f***ing tremendously insane decision with terrifying implications,&#8221; Rogan posted. &#8220;The fact that ANYONE thinks it&#8217;s ok to vote for robots gunning people down is f***ing nuts, but that a majority is just bonkers.&#8221;
Rogan&#8217;s comment is a reference to the policy that <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/S-F-could-approve-the-use-of-killer-robots-17618170.php">SFPD spokesperson</a> Robert Rueca said would authorize equipping robots with explosive charges to breach locations containing violent suspects or to incapacitate violent people &#8220;who pose a risk of loss of life to law enforcement.&#8221; He added that there are no plans to arm the city&#8217;s robots with guns.
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Rogan&#8217;s post included a headline from <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgypkj/san-francisco-police-can-now-kill-people-with-robots">Vice</a> that read, &#8220;San Francisco Police Can Now Kill People With Robots: The rule proposal passed 8-3 and civil rights groups worry a rubicon has been crossed.&#8221;
&#8220;There could be an extraordinary circumstance where, in a virtually unimaginable emergency, they might want to deploy lethal force to render, in some horrific situation, somebody from being able to cause further harm,&#8221; Supervisor Aaron Peskin told colleagues about why the policy was needed, the <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/S-F-could-approve-the-use-of-killer-robots-17618170.php">San Francisco Chronicle</a> reported.
The podcaster&#8217;s comments come after he torched woke culture when the initial reports came out that the city was considering the new policy, as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-rogan-torches-woke-culture-after-police-force-wants-permission-for-robots-to-use-deadly-force">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported.
&#8220;What could go wrong using robots to kill people in a land where men can get pregnant and billions of dollars can be lost as amphetamine popping incels manage made up money,&#8221; Rogan captioned a November Instagram post. &#8220;WE&#8217;RE FIIIIINE.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-rogan-torches-woke-culture-after-police-force-wants-permission-for-robots-to-use-deadly-force">Joe Rogan Torches Woke Culture After Police Force Wants Permission For Robots To &#8216;Use Deadly Force&#8217;</a>

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‘Terrifying Implications’: Joe Rogan Blasts SF’s ‘Tremendously Insane Decision’ To Allow Robots To ‘Kill People’

Joe Rogan Blasts SF’s ‘Tremendously Insane Decision' To Allow Robots To ‘Kill People’

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The San Francisco Board of Supervisors, in an unprecedented move, has approved using remote-controlled robots armed with deadly explosives.
The San Francisco Police Department claimed they would use such robots to breach buildings or “contact, incapacitate, or disorient violent, armed, or dangerous” suspects when lives are at stake, according to a spokesman for the department. The Board of Supervisors’ approval must now be passed in a second vote by the board and then get approved by San Francisco Mayor London Breed before the robots can be used.
“Some of the supervisors said they are concerned police will disproportionately use lethal robots on Black and other people of color,” <a href="https://theweek.com/lgbtq/1018836/senate-passes-respect-for-marriage-act-putting-marriage-equality-protections-a-big" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Week</a> reported.
Supervisor Connie Chan <a href="https://apnews.com/article/police-san-francisco-government-and-politics-d26121d7f7afb070102932e6a0754aa5">stated</a>, “According to state law, we are required to approve the use of these equipments. So here we are, and it’s definitely not a[n] easy discussion.”
But Democrat Shamann Wilson, president of the Board of Supervisors, contended, “Most law enforcement weapons are used against people of color. I’m really just stunned that we’re here talking about this.”
Only three senior police leaders have the power to authorize such actions, and they can only do so after other tactics have been attempted or the suspect cannot be subdued any other way.
Former Los Angeles Police Department Lieutenant Adam Bercovici <a href="https://gizmodo.com/police-robots-kill-san-francisco-vote-authorizes-1849835184" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The Washington Post, “If I was in charge, and I had that capability, it wouldn’t be the first on my menu. But it would be an option if things were really bad.”
The Oakland Police Department had considered using similar robots but backtracked after the idea elicited harsh reaction. “The only known use of lethal robots by a U.S. police department <a href="https://theweek.com/speedreads/635079/dallas-shooter-wrote-walls-blood-final-moments" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was in Dallas in 2016</a>, when police used a robot armed with explosives to kill a sniper who had ambushed and killed five officers,” The Week noted.
That sniper was caught in a parking garage and killed by police with a robot-operated pound of C-4 explosive, which was <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/11/30/san-francisco-police-robots-kill/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">guided by an extending arm</a> toward the suspect. Dallas Police Chief David Brown <a href="https://theweek.com/obituaries/1018840/former-chinese-leader-jiang-zemin-dies-at-96" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated,</a> “You have to trust your people to make the calls. We believe that we saved lives by making this decision,” adding, “I appreciate critics, but they&#8217;re not on the ground, their lives are not being put at risk by debating what tactics to take.”

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Joe Rogan torched woke culture after a California police force sought permission to allow its robots to &#8220;use deadly force&#8221; on people, joking about what could possibly go wrong with such an idea.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-rogan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">host</a> of &#8220;The Joe Rogan Experience&#8221; podcast shared a news article on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/ClX3VYNOLWJ/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY%3D" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a> on Thursday that read, &#8220;San Francisco Police Seek Permission for its Robots to Use Deadly Force.&#8221;
&#8220;What could go wrong using robots to kill people in a land where men can get pregnant and billions of dollars can be lost as amphetamine popping incels manage made up money,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/thats-not-your-job-rogan-goes-off-on-progressive-ideology-push-in-schools-drag-shows-for-little-kids" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rogan</a> captioned his post. &#8220;WE&#8217;RE FIIIIINE.&#8221;
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Reading through the comments, many people agreed this was a terrible idea.
&#8220;Drop your weapon… You have 15 seconds to comply…&#8221; actor Mario Lopez shared.
Gun rights activist Colion Noir wrote, &#8220;No, No, NO, NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!&#8221;
&#8220;Nope,&#8221; another person wrote.
Another joked, “For our safety, of course.&#8221;
Others joked that S.F. police aren&#8217;t even able to use guns, and suggested that leftists will turn on those robots they are touting.
&#8220;They don&#8217;t even allow their police officers to use their guns…&#8221; athlete Wes Kitts wrote.
Music artist Mr. Smash, Steve Orosco, wrote, &#8220;How long before liberals start calling Robots racist?&#8221;
Another person joked, &#8220;I feel like there’s a movie about this…. ‘I&#8217;ll be back.’”
Rogan&#8217;s post comes after the City of San Francisco proposed the new policy that would license department robots to kill suspects who threaten the lives of citizens and police officers in the city, as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/we-are-living-in-a-dystopian-future-san-francisco-police-introduce-policy-granting-robots-a-license-to-kill" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported.
&#8220;Robots will only be used as a deadly force option when risk of loss of life to members of the public or officers is imminent and outweighs any other force option available to SFPD,&#8221; the <a href="https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&amp;ID=11449771&amp;GUID=9FC57C5A-6E68-4485-A989-632C3837B909" target="_blank" rel="noopener">policy read</a>.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bill-maher-tells-joe-rogan-the-left-has-gotten-goofier-and-dems-are-going-to-get-their-a-kicked-in-november" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bill Maher Tells Joe Rogan &#8216;The Left Has Gotten Goofier,&#8217; And Dems Are &#8216;Going To Get Their A** Kicked In November&#8217;</a>

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Joe Rogan Torches Woke Culture After Police Force Wants Permission For Robots To ‘Use Deadly Force’

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San Francisco authorities proposed a new “dystopian” policy heading for approval next week that would license department robots to kill suspects who threaten the lives of citizens and police officers in the crime-ridden city.
San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) drafted the blueprint for officers to use its military-style weapons, which includes 17 remote-controlled robots available in its inventory that are typically used for defusing bombs or surveilling areas too difficult for authorities to access.
“Robots will only be used as a deadly force option when risk of loss of life to members of the public or officers is imminent and outweighs any other force option available to SFPD,” the <a href="https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&amp;ID=11449771&amp;GUID=9FC57C5A-6E68-4485-A989-632C3837B909" target="_blank" rel="noopener">policy</a> reads.
The proposal also authorizes authorities to use the robots for “training and simulations, criminal apprehensions, critical incidents, exigent circumstances, executing a warrant or during suspicious device assessments.”
SFPD Officer Eve Laokwansathitaya told <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/23/23475817/san-francisco-police-department-robots-deadly-force" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Verge</a> the department has always had the ability to use lethal force when a suspect threatens the lives of officers or members of the public after all other force options are unavailable.
“SFPD does not have any sort of specific plan in place as the unusually dangerous or spontaneous operations where SFPD’s need to deliver deadly force via robot would be a rare and exceptional circumstance,” Laokwansathitaya said.
SFPD Officer Robert Rueca told Mission Local the department has never used robots to attack anyone.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has reviewed the policy over the last several weeks.
Supervisor Aaron Peskin, who serves on the Board of Supervisors Rules Committee, attempted to add a line saying, “Robots shall not be used as a Use of Force against any person,” according to<a href="https://missionlocal.org/2022/11/killer-robots-to-be-permitted-under-sfpd-draft-policy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Mission Local</a>.
But within the following week, authorities struck out the revision.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors will meet on November 29 to discuss the issue.
Local law enforcement agencies across California started proposing plans to use military weapons after state lawmakers passed <a href="https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB481" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AB 481</a> last year. The law mandates every police force to report how authorities use military weapons such as drones, mobile command centers, and sound cannons that the United States military has supplied for years.
Under the new law, city officials can accept or reject how the weapons are used annually.
The Intercept <a href="https://theintercept.com/2022/10/17/police-robot-gun-oakland/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> last month that California’s Oakland Police Department considered allowing shotgun-equipped Remotec F5A robots to use deadly force. However, the department posted on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=481494470688453&amp;set=a.302728881898347" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facebook</a> that it decided against adding “armed remote vehicles to the department.”
While some say the law would provide more accountability and transparency to a militarized police force, opponents argue it has gone too far.
Tifanei Moyer, senior staff attorney at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, told <a href="https://missionlocal.org/2022/11/killer-robots-to-be-permitted-under-sfpd-draft-policy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mission Local</a> said the policy is not standard and that legal professionals and citizens should reject the idea.
“We are living in a dystopian future, where we debate whether the police may use robots to execute citizens without a trial, jury, or judge,” Moyer said.
Jennifer Tu, a fellow with the American Friends Service Committee, has watched how local law enforcement agencies are implementing the new state law.
“My suspicion is that most policies will have left room for robots to use force,” Tu told Mission Local. “There is a really big difference between hurting someone right in front of you, and hurting someone via a video screen.”
Robot maker groups like Boston Dynamic signed a <a href="https://www.bostondynamics.com/open-letter-opposing-weaponization-general-purpose-robots" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pledge</a> last month refusing to allow the weaponization of robots. “We believe that adding weapons to robots that are remotely or autonomously operated &#8230; raises new risks of harm and serious ethical issues.”

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/katy-perry" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Katy Perry</a> is being compared to a robot after a video surfaced from her latest appearance on stage where she suffered from a bizarre eye glitch.
In the clip that surfaced recently on social media, the 38-year-old singer stands on stage getting ready to perform ahead of her residency in Las Vegas, according to <a href="https://pagesix.com/2022/10/25/katy-perrys-mid-concert-eye-glitch-sends-fans-into-a-frenzy/">Page Six</a>. She&#8217;s wearing a metallic sleeveless dress that appeared to be made with the use of recycled soda cans.
Just before she starts to sing, one of her eyelids drops completely while the other remains open. She brings her hand up to her eye and appears to pull back the skin and the eyelid flashes open.
It then closes a second later as she returns to the same move to get her other eye to open. It flashes open and closed a few more times before she finally appears to fix whatever was going on.
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The video didn&#8217;t go unnoticed, with many comparing the &#8220;Firework&#8221; hitmaker&#8217;s strange eye glitch to something a person would see with a robot, the outlet <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CkLYGD8LsnR/">noted</a>.
&#8220;The clone is malfunctioning,&#8221; one person wrote.
&#8220;That baby doll you had as a kid with the eye that kept closing,&#8221; another person joked on TikTok.
One person quipped, &#8220;she lost the wifi connection.&#8221;
Another joked, &#8220;Oops somebody broke the matrix.&#8221;
&#8220;Her clone was glitching,&#8221; one person shared on the platform. &#8220;That&#8217;s scary.&#8221;
While another added, &#8220;Her robot seems to glitch a lot.&#8221;
&#8220;That b**** is a robot omg we been knew,&#8221; another person joked.
One person wrote that what was more disturbing than the eye glitch was how unfazed she seemed to be.
&#8220;It wasn&#8217;t the eye thing that was weird it was the fact she acted like it didn&#8217;t happen and went on with the show…&#8221; a person shared.
Perry is married to actor Orlando Bloom. The couple got engaged in 2019 after years of dating. The singer and actor later welcomed a daughter, Daisy, in 2020.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/american-idol-judge-katy-perry-falls-flat-on-her-back-in-mermaid-costume" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8216;American Idol&#8217; Judge Katy Perry Falls Flat On Her Back In Mermaid Costume</a>

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