July 7, 2017
Find Out If Your Job Will Be Automated
By Mark Whitehouse and Mira Rojanasakul
Bloomberg.com
The most recent U.S. jobs report, showing an unemployment rate of 4.4 percent in June, portrays an economy capable of generating plenty of work to keep Americans busy. But what if, in the not-too-distant future, there won’t be enough jobs to go around?
That’s what some economists believe will happen as robots and artificial intelligence increasingly become capable of performing human tasks. Researchers at the University of Oxford, for example, estimate * that nearly half of all U.S. jobs may be at risk in the coming decades, with lower-paid occupations among the most vulnerable.
Wondering how vulnerable your job might be? Type your occupation into the chart below to see what the researchers think is the probability of your job being automated.
You need to try the interactive tool/chart at the article's site to really appreciate this article.
I note that the probability of automation taking jobs from FARMERS is a scant 4.7 percent. Woo hoo! Good career choice there, folks...
http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2017-job-risk/
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