Because technology companies are investing in tools to automate daily tasks. The industries most affected by automation are transportation, manufacturing and retail, which means that drivers, warehouse workers and cashiers are at high risk of being replaced. It is estimated that self-driving cars will replace 265.438 million to 3.7 million jobs. The wages of workers in these jobs are very low, and usually they can only pay the basic living expenses. People who are unemployed because of these jobs usually have no chance to learn new skills and are naturally unwilling to accept new technical forces. The economic changes brought by this new technology have aggravated the problems faced by the people at the bottom of society.

A survey report released by Kenxi on the future of employment in the United States shows that in the next decade, 654.38+08 to 34-year-old 654.38+047 million young workers will lose their jobs due to automation, accounting for 40%. As far as industries are concerned, jobs related to food service are expected to become one of the biggest industries where young workers are unemployed, and 804,000 jobs will be unemployed in the next 65,438+00 years.

For people over 50 years old, automation has the greatest impact on related management tasks. The automation of secretarial and clerical positions will replace nearly10 million elderly workers. As far as education level is concerned, employees with high school education or below are four times more likely to be replaced by automation than employees with undergraduate education. Robots that pack goods in logistics warehouses, robots that automatically collect money in unmanned stores through artificial intelligence and automation technology, and self-driving cars that transport passengers between docks and ports. Automation makes life easier and more convenient, but it is gradually replacing more and more jobs.

In the next decade, new jobs will be created, but millions of people will be eliminated. As intelligent machines become a fixed device in the American workplace, the nature of almost everyone's daily work may change.