Automation

Is human labor really declining? This is the state of automation in our everyday lives.

We asked 2020 Democratic candidates 7 key questions on technology

How will 2020 Democrats deal with jobs eliminated by artificial intelligence?

By Rani Molla and Emily Stewart December 5, 2019

Basic income can’t do enough to help workers displaced by technology

By Dylan Matthews October 18, 2019

No one has a damn clue how many jobs will be lost to automation

By Alexia Fernández Campbell October 15, 2019

2 charts refuting Trump’s claim that “airplanes are becoming far too complex to fly”

By Aaron Rupar March 12, 2019

How worried should we be about artificial intelligence? I asked 17 experts.

By Sean Illing February 22, 2018

These factory workers get paid to go to school

By Kimberly Mas December 11, 2017

The robot-proof job men aren’t taking

By Liz Scheltens November 27, 2017

Why the rise of the robots won’t mean the end of work

By Joss Fong November 13, 2017

A basic income really could end poverty forever

By Dylan Matthews July 17, 2017

Thank God I don't work at Whole Foods anymore

By Nick Rahaim June 21, 2017

Good news: automation already destroyed most of the jobs

By Timothy B. Lee April 15, 2016

The automation myth: Robots aren't taking your jobs— and that's the problem

By Matthew Yglesias July 27, 2015