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posted by martyb on Thursday November 30 2017, @03:59PM   Printer-friendly
from the become-a-plumber dept.

Automation could wipe out 375-800 million jobs globally in the next 13 years, including 16-54 million in the U.S. But don't worry, there's a new job waiting for you:

The McKinsey Global Institute cautions that as many as 375 million workers will need to switch occupational categories by 2030 due to automation.

[...] "The model where people go to school for the first 20 years of life and work for the next 40 or 50 years is broken," Susan Lund, a partner for the McKinsey Global Institute and co-author of the report, told CNN Tech. "We're going to have to think about learning and training throughout the course of your career."

[...] "The dire predictions that robots are taking our jobs are overblown," Lund said. "Yes, work will be automated, [but] there will be enough jobs for everyone in most areas." The authors don't expect automation will displace jobs involving managing people, social interactions or applying expertise. Gardeners, plumbers, child and elder-care workers are among those facing less risk from automation.

Also at Bloomberg.


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  • (Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Friday December 01 2017, @04:15PM

    by Grishnakh (2831) on Friday December 01 2017, @04:15PM (#603945)

    Aha! That does make a lot more sense.

    They do tout the benefits of 4 independent motors here, but I really wonder if it makes that much sense, and wouldn't do better with 2 larger motors (is jackknifing really that much of a problem?). However, there's a good engineering reason to use 4: they're just reusing the existing Model S motors, instead of having to make special motors just for the truck, and taking advantage of production efficiencies and the lack of need to do development for a new motor.

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