The rise of machines, robots and algorithms in the workplace stands to create almost double the number of jobs for the global economy by the middle of the next decade than it puts at risk of being replaced.
According to the World Economic Forum (WEF), about 133m jobs globally could be created with the help of rapid technological advances in the workplace over the next decade, compared with 75m that could be displaced.
The findings will go some way towards assuaging fear that the rise of robot economy could cost millions of workers their jobs, with widespread ramifications for pay, living standards and inequality across developed nations. Read more
Source : The guardian