Japanese company replaces office workers with artificial intelligence

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jan/05/japanese-company-replaces-office-workers-artificial-intelligence-ai-fukoku-mutual-life-insurance?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other&utm_campaign=Hung%20Lee&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter

AUTOMATION

Issue #13

23 Apr 2020

Japanese Insurance firm Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance is making 34 employees redundant and replacing them with IBM’s Watson Explorer AI. Middle / Back Office white collar work will evaporate, probably faster than any blue collar factory work. Future is now folks.