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Emerging Tech Will Create More Jobs Than It Kills by 2022, World Economic Forum Predicts
There’s a lot of uncertainty right now about the future of work, and how emerging technologies will change the nature and availability of jobs in the coming years. It’s tempting and wholly reasonable to believe, as so many do, that technological advances, particularly in the areas of robotics and AI, will result in massive unemployment. At the same, technological progress could also create new opportunities and completely new forms of employment.
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Report: Automation will trigger rise in slavery and abuse in SE Asia
Of five issues raised in the company’s 2018 Human Rights Outlook report, automation is identified as presenting the most “significant challenges to the reputations, operations, and supply chains of multinational companies, now and in the future.”
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Developing countries may need their own strategies to cope with job-taking robots
Reports by the McKinsey Global Institute and the World Bank both suggest that agricultural and industrial sectors have higher potential for automation than service sector jobs, which typically require creative thinking or face-to-face interaction.
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Maharashtra has most robotics jobs in India
According to data from global job site Indeed, there has been a rise of 186% in the number of job seekers for robotics profiles between May 2015 and May 2018.
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