A new report predicts up to 25 percent of American jobs face a “high risk” of disappearing due to future machine automation. The report was recently released by the Washington-based Brookings Institution. Researchers identified about 36 million U.S. jobs as having “high exposure” to automation. Among jobs facing the greatest risk are those in office administration, production, transportation and food preparation, the report says. Jobs in these fields may be replaced with technology driven by machine learning and artificial intelligence. Mark Muro is a senior fellow at Brookings and the lead writer of the report. He told the Associated Press that people in these jobs will need to react to these changes to survive. “That population is going to need to upskill, reskill or change jobs fast,” he said. Muro said some of the jobs could disappear quickly; within a few years.
Title: Report: 25 Percent of US Jobs at Risk of Being Lost to Machines
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