Man vs machine: 9 human jobs that have been taken over by robots

The rapid improvements in technology have transformed how we work and in some cases made our jobs easier, but the change is also having another effect – removing the need for a human worker altogether. The technology boom is showing no sign of slowing either. A study carried out by Deloitte, the Big Four accountancy firm, and the University of Oxford in 2014 predicted that 35% of the jobs we do today in the UK could go to robots by 2034. Here are some jobs from yesteryear that have already gone and some we are starting to see being phased out. The days of manual telephone switchboards which required a switchboard operator to physically connect calls wire to wire, are well over. An operator would have to insert phone plugs into the relevant jacks, and would also be able to participate in the call.