Automation to cost Southeast Asia millions of jobs, warns World Economic Forum

Automation to cost Southeast Asia millions of jobs, warns World Economic Forum

Employees work at an automobile-production line in China. On Wednesday, experts warned that automation will soon make millions of low-skilled jobs — from cashiers and machine operators to waiters and drivers — redundant across Southeast Asia, saying the region to upskill fast or face huge employment problems. Automation will soon make millions of low-skilled jobs — from cashiers and machine operators to waiters and drivers — redundant across Southeast Asia, experts said Wednesday, warning the region to upskill fast or face huge employment problems.

The topic was center stage at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Hanoi, where warnings abounded […]

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