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Introduction
In 2013, Frey and Osbourne published a working paper titled The Future of Employment: How Susceptible are Jobs to Computerisation? The findings were astounding; according to the research nearly 50% of all jobs in the US labor market are at risk. Naturally, this created quite a stir and suddenly many people were asking themselves: Will Robots Take my Job?
| THE FUTURE OF EMPLOYMENT: HOW SUSCEPTIBLE ARE JOBS TO COMPUTERISATION? |
Consider the following technologies that have already been deployed:
- Automated cars and trucks (Tesla, anyone?)
- Order-picking robots (think: Amazon warehouse)
- Automatic industrial floor scrubbers (I don't see anybody complaining about this one)
- Agricultural drones
- Welding robots
- ...and that's just a tiny start!
References
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Frey, C. B., & Osborne, M. (2013). The future of employment published by the Oxford Martin programme on technology and employment. https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/downloads/academic/future-of-employment.pdf
Frey, C. B., & Osborne, M. (2013). The future of employment published by the Oxford Martin programme on technology and employment. https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/downloads/academic/future-of-employment.pdf
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