Half of all jobs can today be automated — and within 50 years, all of them can be

Half of all jobs can today be automated — and within 50 years, all of them can be

Adair Turner presenting his research at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. WASHINGTON – It is no longer in question whether all jobs will be automated, the head of the Institute for New Economic Thinking said Tuesday. The real question rests in when that automation will occur and which sectors of society will be affected sooner than others.

“Today, it would be possible to automate 50% of all work activities, and by about 2060, we’ll definitely be capable in physical possibility have reached a 100%,” said Adair Turner.

Turner, who is also the author of “Between Debt and the […]

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