Report: Automation Threatens Tasks, But Not Necessarily Jobs

Report: Automation Threatens Tasks, But Not Necessarily Jobs

A recent report suggests that half of jobs performed by humans could be automated in coming decades.

But the analysis from the McKinsey Global Institute does not expect mass unemployment to accompany that trend.

The report, titled "A future that works: Automation, employment, and productivity," said that any analysis of automation should focus on activities performed by humans at their occupations — and not the occupation as a whole.McKinsey analysts said that although less than five percent are susceptible to full automation, nearly all occupations — including skilled, high-pay positions — could be partially automated."As processes are transformed by the automation […]

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