what are the chances a robot or computer
will one day take over your job
according to one study 47 percent of US
jobs have a high probability of becoming
computerized and recently the Pew
Research Center surveyed 1,900 experts
who all agreed that automation and
artificial intelligence will truly
pervade our lives by 2025 but nearly
half of the experts aren't optimistic
about this automation at all they say
robots and other tech will displace blue
and white collar workers masses of
people will be effectively unemployed
still you have the other half of experts
saying yes robots will do lots of work
but humans will innovate to find new
types of employment just as they did
after the Industrial Revolution
automated many jobs so what's it like
out there right now to economists came
up with the list of jobs according to
how likely they could be automated among
the top 15 jobs were things like
proofreaders bank tellers secretaries
and cashiers almost all of these
positions are already in decline in the
US workforce but what about those jobs
with the lowest likelihood for
automation well these were things like
athletes firefighters teachers and
curators so how should people prepare
for the day when robots really take over
well maybe make sure your kids master
the pitch instead of the keyboard
David Botti BBC News Washington