Artificial Intelligence is not something you here talked about often, but it is starting to creep up on all of us. For those of you who do not know what AI is, it is replacing the jobs that we work with robots. Instead of worrying about our jobs being outsourced to places like Mexico and China, we should be worrying about being replaced by robots. The US is the country most at risk for this simply because we are preforming tasks that are simple and easy in the work place. This in turn makes it easy to code a robot who can perform our jobs. About 30% of US jobs will be at risk. While this is saving firms money, this will cause the workforce to change. Those workers who perform highly skilled jobs, should not be worried. It is those performing tasks that can be easily replicated by a robot that should keep this on their radar.
People with jobs in education, health care and social work are the least at risk of being replaced. Some traits that will be highly valued are creative and critical thinking, as well as emotional intelligence. This is because these traits can not be replicated in a robot, so they will become more valuable. Creating these robots will cause a greater social inequality. All in all this is something that workers should keep on their radar. If you are worried about this issue I suggest working your creative and critical thinking, as well as your emotional intelligence. This will help set you aside from the robots that are being created.
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