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The story focuses on research from a 2013 study by University of Oxford researchers Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael A. Osborne. The pair rated 702 jobs on the likelihood they will be automated or computerized.
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The scale was from zero (not computerizable) to one (a robot is certainty going to take the job).
There is a lot to it, but basically the lower an occupation ranks on the researcher's list, the more likely it will taken over by bots.
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15 JOBS ROBOTS WILL LIKELY TAKE
(Listed by rank on study and probability the jobs will be taken)
🤖 Telemarketers — rank on list: 702; probability: 0.99
🤖 Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers — rank on list: 701; probability: 0.99
🤖 Sewers, Hand — rank on list: 700; probability: 0.99
🤖 Mathematical Technicians — rank on list: 699; probability: 0.99
🤖 Insurance Underwriters — rank on list: 698; probability: 0.99
🤖 Watch Repairers — rank on list: 697; probability: 0.99
🤖 Cargo and Freight Agents — rank on list: 696; probability: 0.99
🤖 Tax Preparers — rank on list: 695; probability: 0.99
🤖 Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators — rank on list: 694; probability: 0.99
🤖 New Accounts Clerks — rank on list: 693; probability: 0.99
🤖 Library Technicians — rank on list: 692; probability: 0.99
🤖 Data Entry Keyer — rank on list: 691; probability: 0.99
🤖 Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters —rank on list: 690; probability: 0.98
🤖 Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks —rank on list: 689; probability: 0.98
🤖 Brokerage Clerks — rank on list: 688; probability: 0.98
🤖 Order Clerks — rank on list: 687; probability: 0.98
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15 JOBS LEAST LIKELY TO BE TAKEN BY ROBOTS
🤖 Recreational Therapists — rank on list: 1; probability: 0.0028
🤖 First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers — rank on list: 2; probability: 0.003
🤖 Emergency Management Directors — rank on list: 3; probability: 0.003
🤖 Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers — rank on list: 4; probability: 0.0031
🤖 Audiologists — rank on list: 5; probability: 0.0033
🤖 Occupational Therapists — rank on list: 6; probability: 0.0035
🤖 Orthotists and Prosthetists —rank on list: 7; probability: 0.0035
🤖 Healthcare Social Workers — rank on list: 8; probability: 0.0035
🤖 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons — rank on list: 9; probability: 0.0036
🤖 First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers — rank on list: 10; probability: 0.0036
🤖 Dietitians and Nutritionists — rank on list: 11; probability: 0.0039
🤖 Lodging Managers — rank on list: 12; probability: 0.0039
🤖 Choreographers — rank on list: 13; probability: 0.004
🤖 Sales Engineers — rank on list: 14; probability: 0.0041
🤖 Physicians and Surgeons — rank on list: 15; probability: 0.0042
In case you are wondering, "Reporters and Correspondents" came in at 177, with a 0.11 likelihood that a robot will take those jobs.
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