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Econometer: Will robots take SD jobs?

Phillip Molnar, SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE

Sunday, September 11, 2016

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Answer: Yes

Technology and automation are taking over routine, repetitive tasks. But the exponential rise in processing power and ubiquity of digitized information means computers are increasingly able to perform complicated tasks more cheaply and effectively than people as well. A recent study by Oxford University suggests 47 percent of today’s jobs could be automated in the next two decades. Employment growth will occur for highly skilled workers, while unskilled and middle-skill craft work will be increasingly supplanted.