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> There's a recent estimate that about 50% of jobs are automateable with current technology. The future is already here It's been here for a while. Agriculture
by Chathamization 10y ago
> There's a recent estimate that about 50% of jobs are automateable with current technology. The future is already here
It's been here for a while. Agriculture used to be ~80% of the U.S. labor force, now it's ~2%. We've already seen most work get automated, we just didn't notice it (because we moved on to other work).
Though it's worth pointing out that in recent years, automation has slowed down quite a bit[1].
[1] https://www.bls.gov/lpc/prodybar.htm https://www.bls.gov/lpc/prodybar.htm