Four million jobs in the British private sector could be replaced by robots in the next decade, according to business leaders asked about the future of automation and artificial intelligence. Jobs in finance and accounting, transport and distribution and in media, marketing and advertising are most likely to be automated in the next decade, the research says. The RSA’s prediction of the impact of robotics on working lives is lower than some other estimates. Research by the University of Oxford and Deloitte last year predicted more than 850,000 public sector jobs could be lost by 2030 through automation. “The UK must make the most of the economic opportunities that new technologies offer,” said Frances O’Grady, general secretary of the TUC.

Source: The Guardian September 19, 2017 10:18 UTC