March 9, 2015
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/robots-could-replace-half-of-all-us-workers-by-2035/
Advances in robotics and artificial intelligence could may wind up costing you your job within the next 20 years, researchers from the Oxford Martin Program on Technology and Employment have discovered using a new machine-learning algorithm.
According to Engadget, the algorithm analyzed data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics and found that as many as 47 percent of all American jobs could be done by machines within the next two decades – if technology continues to progress at its current pace.
Among the professions that will be most affected, the report said, are taxi drivers, truck drivers, and forklift operators, all of whom could be displaced by self-driving vehicles. Retail jobs could also be at risk, as companies collect enough data about shopping habits that automated devices could more effectively predict what a person wants to buy than human clerks.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/robots-could-replace-half-of-all-us-workers-by-2035/
Advances in robotics and artificial intelligence could may wind up costing you your job within the next 20 years, researchers from the Oxford Martin Program on Technology and Employment have discovered using a new machine-learning algorithm.
According to Engadget, the algorithm analyzed data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics and found that as many as 47 percent of all American jobs could be done by machines within the next two decades – if technology continues to progress at its current pace.
Among the professions that will be most affected, the report said, are taxi drivers, truck drivers, and forklift operators, all of whom could be displaced by self-driving vehicles. Retail jobs could also be at risk, as companies collect enough data about shopping habits that automated devices could more effectively predict what a person wants to buy than human clerks.
