Robot automation will ‘take 800M jobs by 2030’ (2017)

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Richer countries will see more automation since they have the cash to invest in technology

Up to 800 million global workers will lose their jobs by 2030 and be replaced by robotic automation, a new report from a consultancy has found. Image copyright
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India, the authors write, will only have about 9% of jobs replaced by emerging technologies. In the US alone, 39 to 73 million jobs may be eliminated by 2030, but about 20 million of those displaced workers may be able to easily transfer to other industries, according to the McKinsey report.

Source: www.bbc.com