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Future of Employment: How Susceptible Are Jobs To Computerization?

Posted by timothy on from the ask-an-elevator-operator-or-a-pin-boy dept.

turkeydance writes: What job is hardest for a robot to do? Mental health and substance abuse social workers (found under community and social services). This job has a 0.3 percent chance of being automated. That's because it's ranked high in cleverness, negotiation, and helping others. The job most likely to be done by a robot? Telemarketers. No surprise; it's already happening. The researchers admit that these estimates are rough and likely to be wrong. But consider this a snapshot of what some smart people think the future might look like. If it says your job will likely be replaced by a machine, you've been warned.

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  1. Re:nope by PPH · · Score: 3, Funny

    And it would be a hell of a psychologist.

    The emacs psychotherapist doesn't even like me using the word 'hell'. I'm afraid feeding an AI with even a small subset of YouTube would drive it into a blind rage.

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  2. Still haven't provent their point by Required+Snark · · Score: 4, Funny

    Telemarketers are human?

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  3. Obviously by nospam007 · · Score: 3, Funny

    "What job is hardest for a robot to do?"

    Obviously management.

    All that yelling, the ignorance, the incompetence, the rudeness, the anti-social behavior, the complete disregard for the feelings of the employees is hard to duplicate with software.

  4. Re:Simplistic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    If there was a dirty thankless job that could be done better by a robot, it's the job of a prostitute.