PROMETHEUS INCORPORATED
THE ALL-OUT ASSAULT AGAINST AMERICAN LABOR
SOURCE MATERIALS
Below is a google drive link to investor reports along with labor, environmental, and political research that is relevant to the issues created by autonomous trucking and artificial intelligence. If you're short on time, the investor reports dig into the how, when, where, and why of autonomous trucks from the industry's viewpoint. The investor reports were the most influential resource for the creation of Prometheus Incorporated.
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BOOK RECOMENDATIONS
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The Technology Trap by Carl Benedkit Frey
The Technology Trap covers the relationship between business, workers, and technology all the way from the Roman Empire to autonomous trucking and artificial intelligence. It also digs into policy solutions that were successful in preventing the worst aspects of technological disruptions from prior eras, which may be relevant today. The key point of the book is that the benefits of A.I. must be shared if the technology is to be accepted.
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The Economic Singularity by Calum Chase
In this book, Calum Chase takes us into the bleak unknown, while also highlighting issues that are laying right on the surface of Artificial Intelligence. If you can sum his argument up: by 2040 our computing power will be 8,000 times what is was in 2018. By 2050 it will be 1,00,000 times more powerful. At that point, there won't be much that A.I. can't do and all bets are off. Hopefully, we'll find a way to avoid his worst predictions.
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A World Without Work by Daniel Susskind
Daniel Susskind of Oxford University's Balliol College makes the case that artificial intelligence will continually chip away at jobs and drive- up unemployment rates, upsetting 300 years of historical precedent since the first industrial revolution. His argument is cautiously optimistic by claiming that we should embrace that change and hopefully flourish as a result. If all goes well, that is.
A.I. Superpowers by Kai Fu Lee
Kai Fu Lee founded Google China and is one of the most influential people in tech. Lee outlines the difference between American and Chinese business culture. He also digs into the basics of machine learning, autonomous vehicles, and issues associated with the policy solutions like Universal Basic Income. Buckle up!
The Devil is Here in These Hills by James Green
Just over 100 years ago, 10,000 coal miners ran into the hills of West Virginia and fought a war against the local government and the coal companies. The resulting conflict was the largest to occur on American Soil since the Civil War. Coal mining is obviously a far cry from modern trucking but the financial and management issues that miners had to deal with then are in some cases similar to what drivers have to face today. People can only handle so much pressure, debt and threats to their livelihood.
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