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12/08/2015 Opinion Work, Technology

Virtual Surrogates and the Future of Work

12/08/2015 Opinion Work, Technology

Google recently filed a new patent for a robot able to impersonate users in virtual interactions. This bot will analyse an user’s emails, texts, posts on social media, and probably all the ‘breadcrumbs’ the user leaves behind while scrolling through the Web. It will then write on the user’s behalf, mimicking his or her style and knowledge. “For example, it may be very important to say “congratulations” to a friend when that friend announces that she/he has gotten a new job”, explains Google. A less automatised feature will just suggest possible answers to the user, leaving him or her the choice of posting this robotic reply.

23/06/2015 Opinion Work, Technology

Bring Your Own Worker: The Augmented Employee

23/06/2015 Opinion Work, Technology

Bring Your Own Worker (BYOW) is about taking back control of our jobs before machines do. Here is how future might look like.
07/08/2014 Fiction Work, Technology

The Augmented Removal Men

07/08/2014 Fiction Work, Technology

A short story where transhumanism meets capitalism. The human body is not efficient enough to deal with the ever increasing productivity demands. Corporations are looking for ways to improve it in a race against the machines.
10/09/2013 Opinion Work, Technology

A Personal Assistant for Every Employee

10/09/2013 Opinion Work, Technology

In a recent post, Richard Branson praised his assistant, Helen, and argued about how much she outweighed his smartphones and tablets in helping him getting through the workday. When Barrack Obama was asked if he had an iPad, he said he had an iReggie instead, Reggie Love being his personal assistant. Barrack Obama would surely not trade iReggie for an iPad and Richard Bronson Helen for his smartphone. Yet they both dared make the analogy between their personal assistants and a machine counterpart.

“Many people are using technology to make assistants a thing of the past. However, for those business persons in a position to do so, they may be missing a lot by going it alone,” said Branson. Unfortunately for the mere employees who may not be in a position to do so, they will have to do with the smartphones. These mere employees may however deserve their own assistant just as much as top executives do.

03/09/2013 Fiction Work, Technology, Stress

On Rampage Against Technology

03/09/2013 Fiction Work, Technology, Stress

This short story is about Hamish. Hamish is left behind and bullied at the office because of his lack of computer skills. He decides to take the matter in his own hands by destroying technology before technology could destroy him.
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