Thinking machines: the skilled jobs that could be taken over by robots
The fear that robots will destroy jobs and leave a great mass of people languishing in unemployment is almost as old as automation itself. And yet, from the Luddites onwards, the fears have been eventually proved wrong, and the economy has ended up stronger than before.
Robots threaten 15m UK jobs, says Bank of England’s chief economist
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But more and more analysts worry that this may be about to change. And on Thursday the Bank of England’s chief economist warned that this wave of automation is threatening skilled roles. The jobs of the middle classes, with their expensive university educations, are now at risk. As a result, a huge number of jobs that were previously thought safe from machine-led disruption are firmly in the firing line.
Readr more at http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/nov/12/thinking-machines-skilled-job-robots-steal
Source: The Guardian