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paparush

(7,964 posts) Fri Aug 12, 2016, 11:55 AM Aug 2016

The Automation Bomb Could Destroy 45% of Work Activities

The brave new world of robots and lost jobs

The “automation bomb” could destroy 45 percent of the work activities currently performed in the United States, representing about $2 trillion in annual wages, according to a study last year by the consulting firm McKinsey & Co. We’ve seen only the beginning of this change, they warned. Currently, only 5 percent of occupations can be entirely automated, but 60 percent of occupations could soon see machines doing 30 percent or more of the work.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-brave-new-world-of-robots-and-lost-jobs/2016/08/11/e66a4914-5fff-11e6-af8e-54aa2e849447_story.html?utm_term=.f95f1999683c

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The Automation Bomb Could Destroy 45% of Work Activities (Original Post) paparush Aug 2016 OP

It seems to me anoNY42 Aug 2016 #1

You can see this trend already Wednesdays Aug 2016 #2

Humans need not apply ghostsinthemachine Aug 2016 #3

Google robot: The end of manual labor ghostsinthemachine Aug 2016 #4

I've experienced this at my house personally JonathanRackham Aug 2016 #5

I could use some gardening help. glinda Aug 2016 #8

Work? Work is for saps! ymetca Aug 2016 #6

Exactly! SusanCalvin Aug 2016 #7

anoNY42

(670 posts)

1. It seems to me

Reply to paparush (Original post)

Fri Aug 12, 2016, 12:02 PM

Aug 2016

that this has already happened several times over.

For instance, in my job I use a computer 100% of the time, whereas several decades ago the same job would have had me at a courthouse all day shuffling papers.