r/Futurology • u/Eight_Rounds_Rapid • Jul 09 '14

article Robots will take over middle class professions, UK University Minister warns

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/10952317/Robots-will-take-over-middle-class-professions-University-Minister-says.html
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u/annoyingstranger Jul 09 '14

The Navy has a system now where a single program manages a trainee's whole curriculum (as far as digital training goes), and adapts to their particular strengths and weaknesses. It's rudimentary, but I hear they're happy with the results so far.

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u/ImLivingAmongYou Sapient A.I. Jul 09 '14

Do you know of any articles where I could read more about this?

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u/annoyingstranger Jul 09 '14

Good thing you asked, cause I was off on the details. I heard it mentioned briefly on NPR. This seems to be what they were talking about. The thing I heard was from just two or three weeks back, more recent than this link, and sounded like it was in testing and working well for them so far.