BroadBand Nation: I Robot....You Unemployed

The jobs at highest risk are those in the transport and retail sectors. In fact the transport sector could have 1.5 million jobs, that's 74% of the current workforce, replaced with automation and 60% of retail. Not surprising when you see how popular online shopping has become - who needs a high street shop? Almost 750,000 have been lost in manufacturing to automation just in the last 15 years alone. Even Stephen Hawking the renowned scientist fears that AI or Artificial Intelligence could eventually spell the end of the human race.