A quarter of jobs are "high risk" of being automated – TechCrunch

No one will be completely immune from automation in the future, but according to a new Brookings Institute study, about 25% of jobs in the United States are "high risk". It's quite surprising on a job market to rebound completely.

Roles in the areas of transportation, food preparation, production and office administration are among the most exposed, with robotics and artificial intelligence threatening to automate around 70% tasks, according to the study. Unsurprisingly, processing, data collection and physical work activities are the most exposed here.

Automation should have a disproportionate impact in some parts of the country and among less educated workers. Similarly, it is expected to impact the different segments of the population differently.

"Young and less educated workers, as well as under-represented groups, are all likely to face much more serious challenges related to automation in the next few years," according to the study. "Young workers and Hispanics will be particularly exposed."

There seems to be some inevitability in all of this. And we have certainly seen versions of this scenario playing out, decade after year. But local governments and industries can contribute to the impact by educating and developing the skills of existing workers, Brookings said.