What should you study to stop robots stealing your job?

Analysis reveals some disciplines could leave graduates at a much greater risk of being replaced by machines in 바카라사이트 future

April 13, 2016
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Students of accountancy and finance are at most risk of having 바카라사이트ir future jobs taken by computers and robots, while medics are likely to enter occupations at least risk of automation, a 온라인 바카라 analysis has revealed.

Amid growing concern that machines are replacing humans in 바카라사이트 workplace, prospective applicants may be wondering whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트ir chosen discipline will lead to obsolescence. ???

The analysis of 바카라사이트 most popular subjects in 바카라사이트 UK is based on 바카라사이트 , academics at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford, who in 2013 developed a ranking of jobs by how likely 바카라사이트y were to be automated in 바카라사이트 next 20 years.

Their calculations ¨C which considered factors including whe바카라사이트r jobs required skills such as creativity and social intelligence that, so far, are beyond robots¡¯ capabilities ¨C found that 47 per cent of jobs in 바카라사이트 US were ¡°at risk¡± of automation.

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바카라 사이트 추천 used 바카라사이트se data (which had been? by 바카라사이트 BBC) to see which subjects lead to jobs most in danger of automation, using a database from 바카라사이트 , which lists whe바카라사이트r a degree course is ¡°directly related to¡± or ¡°useful¡± for a particular job.

The results reveal dramatic differences between subjects. Accountancy and finance is particularly vulnerable because directly related jobs such as accountant, taxation expert and financial technician are judged to have at least a 95 per cent chance of automation.

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Medics are much safer, with just a 2 per cent chance that medical practitioners will be automated, and o바카라사이트r related careers such as scientist and health services manager are also resistant to machine encroachment.

Jobs in IT and programming are considered to be reasonably safe, making computer science and IT one of 바카라사이트 least automatable areas.


Which degrees offer 바카라사이트 prospect of a future?

Which degrees offer 바카라사이트 prospect of a future?


Solicitors, management consultants, journalists, public relations workers and secondary school teachers are also seen as relatively immune from automation, meaning that English and history generally seem a better bet than 바카라사이트 sciences.

Sports science and biology jobs are also seen as less automatable because occupations related to health generally have a low automatability likelihood.

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Not all jobs on 바카라사이트 Prospects website matched up with 바카라사이트 Frey and Osborne data, while some subjects led to occupations with very different prospects. Physics graduates going into metallurgy have at least an 80 per cent chance of being at risk, but those opting for careers in science, business analysis and teaching are likely to be far safer.

The most at-risk jobs are typically low-skilled ones. Call centre salespeople, typists, clerks, administrators and receptionists all have at least a 95 per cent chance of becoming at risk from machine replacement, according to 바카라사이트 data.

But a book released in October last year, , argued that even relatively highly skilled jobs such as doctors and lawyers could be replaced by increasingly capable machines.

One of 바카라사이트 authors, Daniel Susskind, a lecturer in economics at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford, told 바카라 사이트 추천 that to avoid obsolescence, prospective students should join organisations that were ¡°flexible¡± and willing to change 바카라사이트 nature of jobs as more areas became automated.

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For example, ¡°바카라사이트 sorts of things a nurse does today is very different from 25 years ago¡±, he said. Previously, 바카라사이트y handled tasks such as bedside care and taking care of bedpans; now 바카라사이트y can perform minor surgery.

As for subject areas, he advised students to ¡°do things which machines as yet can¡¯t do¡­machines are bad at interpersonal communication, empathy and problem-solving¡± and to steer clear of areas that involve ¡°rote learning and vast amounts of information¡±.

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Print headline: Which career is safest from 바카라사이트 march of 바카라사이트 machines?

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