Yet another alarmist automation report. This time from PwC. - Enterprise Irregulars
"Our analysis suggests that up to 30% of UK jobs could potentially be at high risk of automation by the early 2030s, lower than the US (38%) or Germany (35%), but higher than Japan (21%)." They join the many such reports from academics, analysts and authors that filled an entire chapter titled "Sum of all Fears" in my new book, Silicon Collar. "The reality, however, is that when Oxford, MIT, McKinsey, and Gartner talk, the person on the street and even business executives typically just read the headlines, and when all of these big brands agree on something, it solidifies readers' overall impression--in this case, pessimism." The PwC analysis suffers from the same "lab rat" mindset of so many such studies. This comprised US data from the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) database, merged with automatability data from FO.
Apr-7-2017, 08:00:26 GMT
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