Over 60% of UK workers would delegate tiresome tasks to robots

What the research seems to suggest, then, is that much of the work people most want to delegate to robots involved tasks that they both dislike and have to spend a significant amount of time doing. This is an issue which AI could prove a major boon to in terms of solving. According to a study by McKinsey & Company, less than 5% of jobs could actually be completely replaced by technology in the next 40 years, but over 60% of all work activities – including repetitive admin work – could be automated in that same period, freeing up staff to concentrate on more useful aspects of business. Potentially this could offer a major productivity boost, something the UK in particular is in dire need of amid sluggish economic growth in the lead up to Brexit.