The fundamentals of workplace automation - Turbine

As the automation of work processes continues apace by means of artificial intelligence, what does this mean for our jobs? Research carried out by McKinsey, analysing around 2,000 individual work activities, suggests that, rather than eliminating jobs altogether, automation will take over discrete tasks and thus redefine current roles – at least in the short term. Here are McKinsey's four fundamentals of workplace automation: Almost half of the activities individuals are paid to perform could be automated using currently available technologies. Narrative Science's artificial intelligence system, Quill, for example, can analyse raw data and write reports in natural language that readers would assume had a human author – all in a matter of seconds. In short, automation is likely to change the vast majority of occupations – at least to some extent.