Millennials believe that technology is creating jobs, not taking them away

The rise of automation and artificial intelligence has prompted all kinds of questions about what the future holds for human workers. However, a new study conducted by the World Economic Forum suggests that millennials aren't too concerned about technology's impact on the world of work -- in fact, they largely hold the opinion that recent advances will lead to more jobs, not less. A total of 24,766 participants were grilled on topics ranging from the global economic outlook to the role of technology in society to produce the 2017 edition of the Global Shapers Survey. It's worth noting that participants who were identified as part of the low human development group on the Human Development Index were less confident in technology's capacity to create jobs, rather than take them away. Only 66.7 percent voted for creation, the lowest proportion of any group on the scale. This report certainly seems to suggest that by and large, younger people don't fear the rise of automation.