You got a little too caught up in Instagram and lost track of time. You dash over to your home office to quickly log into to work hoping no one will notice your tardiness. Alas, as soon as you connect, you get an immediate message from your boss: "You're 17 seconds late to work! Your performance score will be impacted." This situation seems far-fetched but a little too real at the same time.

An unbiased approach to salary increases, promotions, and hiring are some of the reasons why artificial intelligence-enabled robots will make good managers in the workforce, a new study has discovered. Results from the second annual AI at Work study, conducted by Oracle and Future Workplace, revealed that the use of AI is becoming more prominent, with 50 per cent of workers currently using some form of AI at work, compared to only 32 per cent last year. At 65 per cent, the majority of workers in the study said that they are optimistic, excited and grateful about having robot co-workers, and nearly 25 per cent report having a loving and gratifying relationship with AI at work. In addition, 64 per cent of people said that they would trust a robot more than their manager, and over half said that they have turned to a robot instead of their manager for advice. Also, 82 per cent of workers think that robots can do things better than their managers.

Apple has just confirmed that John Giannandrea, the ex-Googler machine learning veteran who joined the company back in April, has joined the likes of Tim Cook, Jony Ive, Eddy Cue and Angela Ahrendts on the executive team. His role on the executive team will be "Senior Vice President of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Strategy," signaling just how key AI and machine learning will be to Apple moving forward. Giannandrea has been leading Apple's Siri and Core ML team for months, bringing the two previously distinct teams together under one leader. Prior to Apple, Giannandrea spent eight years leading the AI push at Google; as of 2016, he was leading the search team, as well. We spoke to Giannandrea at TechCrunch Disrupt shortly before he parted ways with Google.

The tech giant's internal debates over the issue were revealed in internal emails obtained by publications including the New York Times, showing that one of the company's top minds, Google Cloud head AI scientist Fei-Fei Li, had early on raised alarms about Project Maven. But her motives appeared to be more focused on the potential for negative publicity rather than ethical concerns. Fast Company recently asked Fei-Fei to clarify her views on the controversy but got only a partial answer that didn't seem to bridge the gap between ethical aspiration and business reality. The attitude expressed in the emails seemed particularly disconcerting considering Fei-Fei's longstanding commitment to a human-centered approach to new technologies. Holding a second job as head of Stanford University's AI Lab, Fei-Fei has dedicated years to advancing ethical uses of artificial intelligence.

People are terrified of the prospect of robots replacing humans in the workforce. But apparently they're not so scared that they fear a robot may be coming for their own job. That's according to a recent Gallup survey, which found that roughly 75% of U.S. adults think AI will'eliminate more jobs than it creates.' However, only 23% of American workers fear they will lose their own job to technology. There is no research that can definitively predict just how many or what kinds of jobs will be lost as a result of continued automation and advanced technologies like artificial intelligence.

In July, we surveyed 1,600 Quartz readers--from 84 countries, though the majority of those who chose to take part came from the US--for their opinions about artificial intelligence, including about their perceptions of job loss to AI and robots. People were anxious; 90% of responders thought that up to half of jobs would be lost to automation within five years. That's a lot, more than most of the studies conclude, include studies conducted by Oxford University (pdf) and McKinsey Global Institute. But, paradoxically, we found that everyone thought it was going to happen to someone else. In our survey, 91% don't think there's any risk to their job and 94% don't think they'll be working for an AI boss--but 48% think they'll have an AI employee (all within five years).

Vishal Chatrath is the CEO of Cambridge-based artificial intelligence start up Prowler.io. He told #CEOSecrets that all bosses can strive to turn their businesses into smart, thinking machines.

As the capabilities of artificial intelligence continue to grow, many have expressed fears that robots will soon take over our jobs, or even the world. But, according to Yann LeCun, Facebook's head of AI, there's little reason to worry. The AI-boss claims that, despite the learning curve in developing safe systems, machines will ultimately be kept in control by the checks and balances of human society. A report recently revealed that people have been losing jobs to robots since the 1990's. In March, a report claimed people have been losing jobs to robots since the 1990's.

JUST after midnight, the last subway car slips into its sidings in Hong Kong and an army of engineers goes to work. In a typical week, 10,000 people carry out 2600 engineering works across the system – from grinding rough rails smooth and replacing tracks to checking for damage. People might do the work, but they don't choose what needs doing. Instead, each task is scheduled and managed by artificial intelligence. Hong Kong has one of the world's best subway systems.