To bring the topic of impending net job loss due to advances in technology to the forefront of social and policy discussions.
We all need to work together to address the following issues:
Because technology has the ability to replicate something only humans have historically had:
INTELLIGENCE.
AI has the potential to eliminate 47% of U.S. jobs in the next two decades.
Autonomous vehicles threaten 3.1 million jobs in the US and millions more worldwide.
Automation will contribute to increasing inequality in the United States:
By 2020, 85% of customer interactions will be managed without a human.
98% of loan officers are at risk of losing their jobs to automation.
92% of retail sales people are at risk of losing their jobs to automation.
The AI Market will grow 1,104% over 6 years from $414 million in 2014 to $5.05 billion in 2020.
By 2018, 20% of all business and media content, such as shareholder reports, legal documents, market reports, and press releases, will be written by AI.
Robots could eliminate 16% of all jobs in the next decade.
Graphic courtesy of Futurism. Visit Futurism.com for a daily dose of the future.
