Coming for a job near you. Automation is coming, but not for everyone. Researchers at the Brookings Institution estimate just 25% of occupations in the US—in production, food service, and transportation—are at “high risk” for losing jobs from the advance of automation. “Automation is not the end of work,” said Mark Muro, policy director for the Brookings Institution’s program on urban economies and co-author of a study published Jan. 24.
Most occupations will see specific tasks assumed by machines, but much of their labor will likely be enhanced, rather than fully replaced, through automation, the study found. That’s because automation […]
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