WEF report: COVID-19 recession will speed up the robot revolution

WEF report: COVID-19 recession will speed up the robot revolution

A robot at the TechnoBuild International Congress and Trade Fair in Yekaterinburg, Russia, on 20 October. Photo: Donat SorokinTASS via Getty Images The coronavirus pandemic is causing the workforce to automate faster than expected, according to the World Economic Forum’s ‘ Future of Jobs 2020 Report .’ The robot revolution will disrupt 85 million jobs by 2025, it said.

The WEF report found that the shift to automation will create 97 million new jobs, with the emphasis on skills in analytical thinking and creativity. The top emerging professions will be in data and artificial intelligence, content creation and cloud computing.

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