We’ve written about growing concerns that technology – robots – will transform the workplace. A story in today’s Seattle Times looks at Amazon’s use of robots .
Governing magazine examines the issue, reporting that t he trend and the job risk is rea l, but will play out differently across regions and industries. To estimate the potential effects of automation in those areas, Governing utilized definitions in a University of Oxford study assessing the automatability of individual occupations, then compared them with the Department of Labor’s most recent occupational employment estimates for the 100 largest U.S. metro areas. About 65 […]
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