AI worker worries + Early voting prep + Federal hemp restrictions

By Clayton Henkel

There have been many predictions about how artificial intelligence will impact the way in which people work, and a new report by Elon University’s Imagining the Digital Future Center takes a deeper dive into how workers are adapting.

The national survey of 775 adults employed full- or part-time found that large majorities anticipate a future in which there are fewer jobs, inadequate wages and work becomes less satisfying.

Of those surveyed, 83% of adults expect AI to eliminate more jobs than it creates, and more than two-thirds (68%) believe most jobs will pay too little to afford a decent lifestyle.

By Lynn Bonner

Elections officials across North Carolina are preparing for the 17-day early voting period that starts Thursday, Oct, 15. 

Citizens are able to vote in-person at locations in their counties. Those who missed the regular voter registration deadline are able to register or update their registration and vote at the same time at early voting sites. Voters who use mail-in ballots may return them at early voting sites. 

By Trevon SpencerChris Karazin started Carolindica with his brother and a friend in 2019, making homemade CBD products in a kitchen while working other jobs to pay the bills. 

“I didn’t even get a paycheck until three years ago,” Karazin said. 

Seven years later, the Raleigh-based company has grown into a multi-store hemp business with manufacturing operations and dozens of employees. New customers still walk through Carolindica’s doors every day. 

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