"Robots" are just the beginning. Hop in your time machine and leap ahead 50, hell, 30 years. You won't recognize it.
On Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at 10:43:50 AM UTC-5, brine wrote: > > Robots are the main reason there are fewer people working on the assembly > line in the auto business!!! > > On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 11:15 AM, Kamakazee <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Millions of workers around the world are at risk of losing their jobs to >> robots -- but Americans should be particularly worried. >> >> Thirty-eight percent of jobs in the U.S. are at high risk of being >> replaced by *robots and artificial intelligence* >> <http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/30/news/economy/jobs-china-mexico-automation/?iid=EL> >> >> over the next 15 years, according to a new report by PwC. >> >> Meanwhile, only 30% of jobs in the U.K. are similarly endangered. The >> same level of risk applies to only 21% of positions in Japan. >> >> The U.S. and U.K. labor markets are both dominated by services jobs, and >> roughly the same share of workers are employed in key sectors including >> finance, transportation, education, manufacturing and food services. >> >> But PwC found major differences in the nature of the work done within >> these sectors that explains why more U.S. jobs are at risk. >> >> Take financial services as an example. In the U.S., 61% of jobs in the >> sector are at a high risk of being replaced by robots. The same is true for >> only 32% of finance jobs in the U.K. >> >> John Hawksworth, PwC's chief economist in the U.K., said that many >> workers in the U.S. financial sector are focused on domestic retail >> operations -- think bank tellers in small towns. >> >> The U.K.'s finance sector, meanwhile, is much more focused on >> international finance and investment banking -- functions that require >> significantly higher levels of education and expertise. >> >> Workers at risk in the U.S. "would be doing more routine tasks that are >> easier to automate than that of, say, an investment banker in London," >> Hawksworth said. >> >> *Related: Roomba will now tell you what part of your home is dirtiest* >> <http://money.cnn.com/2017/03/15/technology/roomba-cleaning-amazon-alexa/index.html?iid=EL> >> >> >> Workers shouldn't necessarily freak out about soaring unemployment due to >> a robot takeover. >> >> The changing workforce will create more jobs in the future, but they'll >> likely go to higher skilled workers, said Hawksworth. >> >> Expect a "restructuring of the jobs market," he said, noting that >> employment levels in many major economies are still quite high despite the >> encroachment of robots in the workplace. >> >> People with jobs in education, health care and social work are the least >> at risk of being replaced, PwC said. >> http://money.cnn.com/2017/03/24/technology/robots-jobs-us-workers-uk/ >> >> -- >> -- >> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >> For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >> >> * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ >> * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. >> * Read the latest breaking news, and more. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "PoliticalForum" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > brine > http://brineb.blogspot.com/ > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
