Robots Coming for 6 Percent of Your Jobs - Dice Insights

Robots assisted by artificial intelligence may eliminate 6 percent of all U.S. jobs by 2021, according to a new analysis by Forrester. "Solutions powered by AI/cognitive technology will displace jobs, with the biggest impact felt in transportation, logistics, customer service and consumer services," read part of the analyst firm's report, as quoted by The Guardian. Many of these industries already seem on the verge of technological disruption. Otto, a young startup run by engineers from Google's autonomous-vehicle project (and recently acquired by Uber for 670 million), is testing out self-driving trucks. If all goes according to plan, humans won't entirely cede control of their big rigs to software; rather, the technology will take over at periodic intervals so that drivers can catch some shut-eye. It's also not impossible to imagine a future in which trucks lack drivers altogether.