Will smart automation, intelligent software bots and brainy robots take away our jobs anytime soon? But even these robots would appear keen on subjugating the human race (http://bit.ly/29fgF06)—an issue that is beyond the scope of this article (http://bit.ly/29qDiOf)—rather than interested in snatching their jobs. It’s the acceleration in capabilities of software automation, machine learning, deep learning, AI and predictive algorithms. A machine learning system, for instance, does not need programming and can teach itself from mountains of data. Routine jobs most at stakeIn his book The Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of Mass Employment, Martin Ford contends that while all jobs are at risk of automation, it is the “routine” and “predictable” jobs that will be impacted most.

Source: Mint September 06, 2016 18:00 UTC