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Machines Replace Meter Readers as Digital Power Grows
A Fresno meter reader recalls how PG&E replaces 1200 old meters daily with digital units that collect data remotely, boosting accuracy and prompting job losses. Across the globe, technology replaces middle class work, eliminating millions of jobs from sectors like secretaries and operators as big data and automation reshape economies.
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Washington
Art Liscano
Fresno
Calif
Pacific Gas & Electric
Pg&e
Liscano
Associated Press
Europe
North America
Asia
United States
Moshe Vardi
Rice University
Houston
Google
Toyota
Pentagon
Afghanistan
North Carolina State University
U.S
Ron van Baden
FNV
Maarten Goos
Belgium
University of Leuven