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How Technology is Both Killing and Creating Jobs

Where the advent of technology and digitalization has undoubtedly opened the doors for numerous opportunities, it has also closed the doors to many. While the coming generations will find their consciousness in the digital age, they will never know the laborious struggles of the manual lifestyle the older generations before them lived through. But the best thing about that manual lifestyle was that it created jobs for many. 

If we put the idea of collective well-being and equity of wealth aside for a while, the amount of dense smooth coming out of chimneys of factories defined how much the city was progressing in the last century. A lot has changed now. While the mechanical revolution replaced the horses with automatic vehicles reducing the horse staff to a mere driver in the latter decades of the last century, the latest revolution is replacing those cars with smart AI-powered self-driven cars which will completely eliminate the need for a driver. In one way, it is a huge leap in the world of science and technology as it is to be followed by self-driven trains and later planes. But in another way, it is a gloomy reality that the size of manual jobs and employment is shrinking day by day.  

Technology is both killing jobs and creating new ones. Where a huge number of workers are losing their livelihood to machine learning, artificial intelligence, and robots. A tangible number of jobs are also being created. Except for the fact that these jobs belong to high levels of advanced skillsets and only a dedicated class of individuals can aspire to a career in them. 

Is Technology Really Taking Over the Job Force?

The number doesn’t lie. And numbers are of the view that as much as the current revolution of smart technology is transforming the speed and efficiency of industries amazingly. It is also impacting the work solutions negatively. 

According to the latest research statistics, the automation industries around the world are expected to replace 25 million workforces with robots and AI-powered systems by the end of the ongoing decade. A similar study by the American Society of Jobs and Employment suggests that around 35% of Americans fear the future of their jobs because of automation and a further 25% are sure to lose their jobs in the next 20 years as industries will find a better replacement in the robots. 

This is the case with almost every other industry. You talk about automotive, healthcare, defense, marketing, or even content creation, AI technology is finding its feet and no one can deny it. For example software like Jarvis and Rytr are the latest trends in “do my essay” writing service industry and every tom dick and harry after getting the subscription to this software is calling himself a professional assignment writer. However, we all know that it will take the technology considerably a good time to match the essence of human sensitivity and relevancy in the case of content creation and assignment writing services. 

Are Robots Really Killing the Jobs or Adding to them?

All the superhero movies this generation has seen in the last decades manifest a war of power and survival between robots/aliens and the human species. The idea that this planet will be deprived of human governance and all living beings would be subjected to the forced rule of ‘cruel’ technology is not new. In fact, the idea is older than the terms ‘Artificial Intelligence’ and ‘Cybersecurity’. But the question remains the same. Are robots killing jobs or adding to them?

Any answer to this question would be equally right and wrong depending upon how much credible information you have about the latest technologies. Let aside the opinions and estimations, all the researches that have been successfully published till now suggest that all the manufacturing tasks that are performed directly and indirectly by a manual workforce will be replaced completely by the AI-inspired robots as soon as the technological revolution is complete. Watch out for everyone who is doing a factory job in the manufacturing department. 

Another advanced research on automation and smart technology suggests that on a general note, robots will replace roughly 35% of total jobs in the market within the next 20 years. The machines are getting smarter and more advanced and there is no way humans can beat the competition other than holding the reigns of this advancement. 

Jobs That Are More Likely To Be Replaced By Robots In Future

Are you worried about losing your job to AI advancement and robots in the near future? Well, there is one way to find out. Like the skillset and expertise required for some jobs are different than others, the impact of AI technology and machine learning differs from one category of jobs to others. Generally speaking, the following are the jobs that are most likely to be affected by the smart revolution:

1. Customer Representatives

One of the most commonly acquired jobs that require very mediocre levels of skillsets and average IQ is customer service. This job contains more or less repeated FAQs and predefined scope of queries. A lot of websites have started replacing their real-time customer representatives with AI smart Chabot that reply faster and smarter. 

2. Data Entry

Bookkeeping is considered one of the oldest school and conventional jobs that has dragged itself to present times. It makes good sense to replace AI technology and machine learning with hardly maintained ledgers and massive storerooms. 

3. Manufacturing 

The sector which is likely to experience the most transformation in manufacturing. The processes are being automated left right and center to increase the effectiveness, speed, and productivity of the processes. A single robotic arm has the capability to replace 4-5 laborers and the manufacturers can’t be proud enough of it. Despite its massive upfront cost, the automation of the manufacturing industry is going to increase its production manifolds. 

4. Proofreading

Gone are the days when you spent hours and hours proofreading long essays or assignments and correcting your grammar. Today, AI-powered software like Grammarly is the most asked-for tool by “write my essay” writing services to improve grammar, spelling, and plagiarism of your content.

James Morkel

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