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| firefighters (Source : Australian National Review) |
Nowadays,
people fear for their jobs as robots continue to take over different
domains governed by rules and routines. Technology has been fuelling
progress and killing jobs for centuries, but there are professions that
could never be automated.
A new paper written by Michael A. Osborne and Carl Benedikt Frey indicates that the digital revolution has displaced a lot of mid-skill jobs such as typists, bank tellers, and ticket agents. They discuss the perks and downsides of innovation in The Economist and opine that, even though it has killed an array of jobs, it also created new and better ones instead.
According to one recent study carried out by academics at Oxford University, 47 per cent of today’s jobs could be automated in the next 20 years. The special report performed by Osborne and Frey points out that timing is businesses’ greatest enemy, especially since start-ups skyrocket and reach the level of giants such as Google, Microsoft and IBM in no time.
According to the report, many of the jobs that are currently at risk will have a massive social effect as median wages will continue to stagnate, thus deepening the financial inequality. Manufacturing, retail, transportation and administrative support are all domains likely to “diminish over the next decades.” Conversely, those entrusted with people’s safety, health care workers and management positions still dominate the list of professions that will not be replaced by robots.
According to The Economist, there are a few professions which are not susceptible to computerisation, such as:
In 1930, British economist John Maynard Keynes wrote an optimistic essay entitled Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren about the “new disease” called technological unemployment. Still, one should not think that jobs will disappear; despite Osborne and Frey’s findings, which indicated that 47 per cent of job categories will be open to automation within the next 20 years, the jobs currently associated with high wages and high levels of education will most certainly survive.
This view is shared by Tyler Cowen, an economist at George Mason University in Virginia who wrote in his most recent book entitled Average is Over that rich economies are dividing into a small group of workers with skills that are highly complementary with machine intelligence. Professions that involve working with people, leading companies or communities or storytelling will never go out of fashion, because robots are unable to feel empathy, to tailor words or to be heroic.
As robots are gaining boosted senses and dexterity, the nature of work across occupations and industries is likely to change. Although one cannot know exactly what jobs are next in line for automation, history proves that the aforesaid professions cannot be done by robots, no matter how advanced they might be.
Source : http://www.australiannationalreview.com/7-professions-replaced-robots/
A new paper written by Michael A. Osborne and Carl Benedikt Frey indicates that the digital revolution has displaced a lot of mid-skill jobs such as typists, bank tellers, and ticket agents. They discuss the perks and downsides of innovation in The Economist and opine that, even though it has killed an array of jobs, it also created new and better ones instead.
According to one recent study carried out by academics at Oxford University, 47 per cent of today’s jobs could be automated in the next 20 years. The special report performed by Osborne and Frey points out that timing is businesses’ greatest enemy, especially since start-ups skyrocket and reach the level of giants such as Google, Microsoft and IBM in no time.
According to the report, many of the jobs that are currently at risk will have a massive social effect as median wages will continue to stagnate, thus deepening the financial inequality. Manufacturing, retail, transportation and administrative support are all domains likely to “diminish over the next decades.” Conversely, those entrusted with people’s safety, health care workers and management positions still dominate the list of professions that will not be replaced by robots.
According to The Economist, there are a few professions which are not susceptible to computerisation, such as:
- Recreational therapists
- Dentists
- Athletic trainers
- Clergy
- Chemical engineers
- Editors
- Firefighters
In 1930, British economist John Maynard Keynes wrote an optimistic essay entitled Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren about the “new disease” called technological unemployment. Still, one should not think that jobs will disappear; despite Osborne and Frey’s findings, which indicated that 47 per cent of job categories will be open to automation within the next 20 years, the jobs currently associated with high wages and high levels of education will most certainly survive.
This view is shared by Tyler Cowen, an economist at George Mason University in Virginia who wrote in his most recent book entitled Average is Over that rich economies are dividing into a small group of workers with skills that are highly complementary with machine intelligence. Professions that involve working with people, leading companies or communities or storytelling will never go out of fashion, because robots are unable to feel empathy, to tailor words or to be heroic.
As robots are gaining boosted senses and dexterity, the nature of work across occupations and industries is likely to change. Although one cannot know exactly what jobs are next in line for automation, history proves that the aforesaid professions cannot be done by robots, no matter how advanced they might be.
Source : http://www.australiannationalreview.com/7-professions-replaced-robots/
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