This week on Supercharged we're talking about the robot uprising, which doesn't really include robots or an uprising but rather automotons replacing humans in the workforce and human body parts. We will be the robot uprising! But this is just the beginning. We'll explore this topic over multiple episodes to give it the time it deserves.

Links for this episode:

• What To Do When Machines Do Everything: How to Get Ahead in a World of AI, Algorithms, Bots, and Big DataWhat To Do When Machines Do Everything is a guidebook to succeeding in the next generation of the digital economy. When systems running on Artificial Intelligence can drive our cars, diagnose medical patients, and manage our finances more effectively than humans it raises profound questions on the future of work and how companies compete. Illustrated with real-world cases, data, and insight, the authors provide clear strategic guidance and actionable steps to help you and your organization move ahead in a world where exponentially developing new technologies are changing how value is created.
• Humans Need Not ApplyCGP Grey's video, discussed on this episode. The video's description contains a thorough list of sources.
• introduces-robotic-checkout-at-a-grocery-store-in-osaka.html" class="link">Panasonic introduces robotic checkout at a grocery store in OsakaInstead of a smile and a greeting at the checkout counter, shoppers may soon be dealing with a robot.
• Newest Workers for Lowe’s: Robots - WSJLowe’s Cos. is introducing robotic shopping assistants at an Orchard Supply Hardware store in San Jose, Calif., in late November. Lowe’s, which acquired Orchard Supply last year, says this is the first retail robot of its kind in the U.S.
• Baxter Collaborative Robots for Industrial Automation | Rethink RoboticsFor decades, manufacturers have had very few cost-effective options for low volume, high mix production jobs. Then came Baxter – the safe, flexible, affordable alternative to fixed automation. Companies globally have integrated Baxter into their workforce, and gained a competitive advantage.
• The education effect: Global population to plateau by 2070 - Geek.comTrends are fun to analyze — just ask Ray Kurzweil. He’s made a career out of basically a single insight, expertly unpacked over the course of several decades: things that have happened in the past will, in absence of any new confounding variables, probably proceed much the same way in the future.