'Robots are Coming For Our Jobs,' yelled the Huffington Post. 'Robots will destroy our jobs – and we're not ready for it,' The Guardian calmly announced. And according to the Daily Mail, 'Robots taking human jobs is causing a "hellish dystopia"'. These headlines may seem over the top, but, like the scariest nightmares, they're rooted in reality. From factory line jobs to professions like accounting and medicine, artificial intelligence (AI) technologies mean that more and more tasks can now be automated and completed by machines or algorithms. A recent report by think tank Centre for Cities estimates that 1 in 5, or 3.6 million, British jobs will probably be'displaced' by 2030 due to automation and globalisation.

One in five jobs in British cities is likely to be displaced by 2030 because of automation and globalisation, a new report predicts. Retail, customer service and warehouse jobs are among those most at threat of being lost, said Centre for Cities. The think tank said struggling cities in the North and Midlands were more exposed to job losses than wealthier cities in the South, compounding the North/South divide. Cities including Mansfield, Sunderland and Wakefield could see two out of five jobs lost, while Oxford and Cambridge face losing 13%, the study found. The report said the changes would lead to jobs being created as well as lost, but in Northern and Midlands' cities they would largely be in low-skilled occupations.