Make way for the automated workforce - Information Age

A 2013 study by Oxford University researchers Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael A. Osborne has estimated that 47% of jobs in the US could be replaced by machines in the next 20 years. Many people feel uneasy about the idea of robots or machines taking over jobs that are currently occupied by humans but the development of artificial intelligence (AI) is accelerating at a rapid rate. Consequently, so is the automation of the workforce. As of yet, nobody knows what the result will be, however, it is certain that the move towards automation will create a lot of disruption. Daniel Susskind, lecturer at Oxford University and author of The Future of Professions, recently told Quartz "it's hard to escape the conclusion that there will be less for people to do."