Comments on: Which careers are most likely to be automated? https://80000hours.org/2015/02/which-careers-will-be-automated/ Thu, 15 Dec 2022 06:27:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 By: Benjamin Todd https://80000hours.org/2015/02/which-careers-will-be-automated/#comment-59 Wed, 27 May 2015 00:34:00 +0000 https://80000hours.org/?p=27571#comment-59 It’s also interesting to see the trend is probably already in progress.

e.g. See point 7 here about how routine jobs are shrinking, whereas non-routine manual jobs and cognitive jobs are not.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-22/economists-offer-these-10-career-tips-for-today-s-graduates

It seems like economists think the lack of increase in median income in recent decades is also plausibly due to increased automation, though many also disagree or are uncertain:
http://www.igmchicago.org/igm-economic-experts-panel/poll-results?SurveyID=SV_eKbRnXZWx3jSRBb

This survey showed economists strongly agreed:
“One of the leading reasons for rising U.S. income inequality over the past three decades is that technological change has affected workers with some skill sets differently than others.”

http://www.igmchicago.org/igm-economic-experts-panel/poll-results?SurveyID=SV_0IAlhdDH2FoRDrm

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