AI will make you rich enough to bet on Skid Row robot duels

1.Alexa, make me richby Jonas Du, WriterWednesday, in the latest installment of a new show we’re calling Tech CEOs Please Think Before You Speak on Live TV, Jeff Bezos doubled down on his prediction that AI would create a labor shortage in an interview with Fox’s Bret Baier.

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By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.Never miss a story While a majority of Americans worry about AI-induced unemployment, Bezos says future households will only need one income-earner working 3 days a week, thanks to AI “productivity” — which is, coincidentally, also the reason white-collar yuppies think they’re going to lose their jobs.

Obviously, the potential for mass labor market disruption is more immediate than Bezos’ future world of abundance, and Amazon itself fired 30,000 corporate workers over the last year.Bezos’ vision is more appealing than the leading alternative AI future (death), but while we wait 5-10 years to see whether he’s right… can Alexa at least make me money rather than spending it all during “Prime Day”? (Okay that might be my fault…)2.

Kick some shiny, metal a**by Evan Milenko, WriterThursday, The New York Times reported that Robot Entertainment Kombat (REK), a “humanoid robot fighting league,” was sent a cease-and-desist from the California State Athletic Commission after hosting unsanctioned boxing matches between men and the terminator (a tele-operated Chinese robot).Video of one fight went viral, showing a six-foot steel gladiator trading some tough blows with influencer Frankie LaPenna.

But this is a sports story, so don’t you dare count out the underdog! Despite California’s move to shut down one of the coolest things that’s ever happened in California… REK’s CEO notes that the state defines “matches” as occurring between “two pers...