Automate
verb
To make a process or system operate automatically by using machines or computers.
They automated the manufacturing process to increase efficiency.
Often appears as...
- automate a process
- automate a system
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Technical
verb
To convert manually operated equipment to automated operation.
They decided to automate their assembly line to reduce labor costs.
Often appears as...
- automate equipment
- automate operation
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To make a process or system operate automatically by using machines or computers.
They automated the manufacturing process to increase efficiency.
Often appears as...
- automate a process
- automate a system
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To convert manually operated equipment to automated operation.
They decided to automate their assembly line to reduce labor costs.
Often appears as...
- automate equipment
- automate operation
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Tech Advancement
Used to discuss modernizing processes, typically with advanced technology.
To improve accuracy, they chose to automate data entry.
Pro Tip 2/3Efficiency Focus
Often implies a goal to increase productivity and reduce human error.
Automate your billing system to serve customers faster.
Pro Tip 3/3Tech Context
Commonly used when talking about the influence of computers in various sectors.
Banks automate transactions to streamline their services.
Pro Tip 1/3Tech Advancement
Used to discuss modernizing processes, typically with advanced technology.
To improve accuracy, they chose to automate data entry.
Pro Tip 2/3Efficiency Focus
Often implies a goal to increase productivity and reduce human error.
Automate your billing system to serve customers faster.
Pro Tip 3/3Tech Context
Commonly used when talking about the influence of computers in various sectors.
Banks automate transactions to streamline their services.
Pro Tip 1/3Tech Advancement
Used to discuss modernizing processes, typically with advanced technology.
To improve accuracy, they chose to automate data entry.
Pro Tip 2/3Efficiency Focus
Often implies a goal to increase productivity and reduce human error.
Automate your billing system to serve customers faster.
Pro Tip 3/3Tech Context
Commonly used when talking about the influence of computers in various sectors.
Banks automate transactions to streamline their services.
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Are indoor vertical...
robotics in automation is used extensively in large-scale facilities. And you can never really be too resource-efficient. Building indoor vertical farms in and around urban city centers can help to shorten the agricultural supply chain and also help to maintain the nutritional content in vegetables.
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How we'll earn money in...
they're thinking about as they play the game. It's often something that's very intuitive, it's almost just like a feeling about which move they should make. So given those two qualities, I would say that playing Go at a world champion level really ought to be something that's safe from automation,
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Are droids taking our...
and most knowledge workers are actually generalists and what they do is sit on top of a very large body of expertise and knowledge and they use that to react on-the-fly to kind of unpredictable demands and that's very very hard to automate one of the most impressive
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A bold idea to replace...
And in those autonomous looms, he gained control. He could now make fabrics that were more complex and more sophisticated than the ones they were able to do by hand. But also, by winning that industrial war, he laid out what has become the blueprint of automation.
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Elon Musk talks Twitter,...
went bankrupt and i i think you have said that part of the reason for that was that you overestimated the extent to which it was possible at that time to automate a a factory a huge amount was spent kind of over automating and it didn't work
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Meet Madeline, the Robot...
I'm really passionate about inventing better ways to communicate with machines that can make things for a long time industrial robots have been the culprit of automation and replacing human labor basically all the easy tasks to automate
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The era of blind faith...
They don't make things fair. They repeat our past practices, our patterns. They automate the status quo. That would be great if we had a perfect world, but we don't. And I'll add that most companies don't have embarrassing lawsuits,
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The jobs we'll lose to...
We bring together hundreds of thousands of experts to solve important problems for industry and academia. This gives us a unique perspective on what machines can do, what they can't do and what jobs they might automate or threaten.
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Capitalism will eat...
The problem is that as long as the economic and the political spheres are separate, automation makes the twin peaks taller, the waste loftier and the social conflicts deeper, including -- soon, I believe --
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An update on BMI PIPE...
and I aim to develop a way to automate the process of transforming digital photographs into accurate estimates of body fatness first we needed to decide
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Are indoor vertical...
robotics in automation is used extensively in large-scale facilities. And you can never really be too resource-efficient. Building indoor vertical farms in and around urban city centers can help to shorten the agricultural supply chain and also help to maintain the nutritional content in vegetables.
Video examples
How we'll earn money in...
they're thinking about as they play the game. It's often something that's very intuitive, it's almost just like a feeling about which move they should make. So given those two qualities, I would say that playing Go at a world champion level really ought to be something that's safe from automation,
Video examples
Are droids taking our...
and most knowledge workers are actually generalists and what they do is sit on top of a very large body of expertise and knowledge and they use that to react on-the-fly to kind of unpredictable demands and that's very very hard to automate one of the most impressive
Video examples
A bold idea to replace...
And in those autonomous looms, he gained control. He could now make fabrics that were more complex and more sophisticated than the ones they were able to do by hand. But also, by winning that industrial war, he laid out what has become the blueprint of automation.
Video examples
Elon Musk talks Twitter,...
went bankrupt and i i think you have said that part of the reason for that was that you overestimated the extent to which it was possible at that time to automate a a factory a huge amount was spent kind of over automating and it didn't work
Video examples
Meet Madeline, the Robot...
I'm really passionate about inventing better ways to communicate with machines that can make things for a long time industrial robots have been the culprit of automation and replacing human labor basically all the easy tasks to automate
Video examples
The era of blind faith...
They don't make things fair. They repeat our past practices, our patterns. They automate the status quo. That would be great if we had a perfect world, but we don't. And I'll add that most companies don't have embarrassing lawsuits,
Video examples
The jobs we'll lose to...
We bring together hundreds of thousands of experts to solve important problems for industry and academia. This gives us a unique perspective on what machines can do, what they can't do and what jobs they might automate or threaten.
Video examples
Capitalism will eat...
The problem is that as long as the economic and the political spheres are separate, automation makes the twin peaks taller, the waste loftier and the social conflicts deeper, including -- soon, I believe --
Video examples
An update on BMI PIPE...
and I aim to develop a way to automate the process of transforming digital photographs into accurate estimates of body fatness first we needed to decide
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Clara Shih
American Businesswoman
Rather than wringing our hands about robots taking over the world, smart organizations will embrace strategic automation use cases. Strategic decisions will be based on how the technology will free up time to do the types of tasks that humans are uniquely positioned to perform.
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Mark Cuban
American Businessman
Whatever you are studying right now, if you are not getting up to speed on deep learning, neural networks, etc., you lose. We are going through the process where software will automate software, automation will automate automation.
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Andrew Ng
Chinese Scientist
I want an AI-powered society because I see so many ways that AI can make human life better. We can make so many decisions more systematically or automate away repetitive tasks and save so much human time.
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John W. Thompson
American Businessman
So you will see us continue to advance the state of the art or take information that we have in our response data bases and have that drive automation or an automated response by some of our products.
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David Autor
American Economist
One would expect that a surge of new automation opportunities in highly paid work would catalyze a surge of corporate investment in computer hardware and software. Instead, the opposite occurred.
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Marshall McLuhan
Canadian Sociologist
As technology advances, it reverses the characteristics of every situation again and again. The age of automation is going to be the age of 'do it yourself.
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John Hickenlooper
American Politician
Advances in automation, artificial intelligence and robotics, while increasing productivity, will also cause major upheavals to the workforce.
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Oren Etzioni
American Businessman
Sooner or later, the U.S. will face mounting job losses due to advances in automation, artificial intelligence, and robotics.
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Simone Giertz
Swedish Inventor
I wanted to automate any part of my life that I could. And the over-the-top solutions are more fun than the useful ones.
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Moshe Vardi
Israeli Mathematician
It is easy to underestimate in advance the impact of globalization and automation - I have done it myself.
Quote examples
Clara Shih
American Businesswoman
Rather than wringing our hands about robots taking over the world, smart organizations will embrace strategic automation use cases. Strategic decisions will be based on how the technology will free up time to do the types of tasks that humans are uniquely positioned to perform.
Quote examples
Mark Cuban
American Businessman
Whatever you are studying right now, if you are not getting up to speed on deep learning, neural networks, etc., you lose. We are going through the process where software will automate software, automation will automate automation.
Quote examples
Andrew Ng
Chinese Scientist
I want an AI-powered society because I see so many ways that AI can make human life better. We can make so many decisions more systematically or automate away repetitive tasks and save so much human time.
Quote examples
John W. Thompson
American Businessman
So you will see us continue to advance the state of the art or take information that we have in our response data bases and have that drive automation or an automated response by some of our products.
Quote examples
David Autor
American Economist
One would expect that a surge of new automation opportunities in highly paid work would catalyze a surge of corporate investment in computer hardware and software. Instead, the opposite occurred.
Quote examples
Marshall McLuhan
Canadian Sociologist
As technology advances, it reverses the characteristics of every situation again and again. The age of automation is going to be the age of 'do it yourself.
Quote examples
John Hickenlooper
American Politician
Advances in automation, artificial intelligence and robotics, while increasing productivity, will also cause major upheavals to the workforce.
Quote examples
Oren Etzioni
American Businessman
Sooner or later, the U.S. will face mounting job losses due to advances in automation, artificial intelligence, and robotics.
Quote examples
Simone Giertz
Swedish Inventor
I wanted to automate any part of my life that I could. And the over-the-top solutions are more fun than the useful ones.
Quote examples
Moshe Vardi
Israeli Mathematician
It is easy to underestimate in advance the impact of globalization and automation - I have done it myself.
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