Countless think papers on “the future of work” tell us one thing: the machines are coming.
Advances in robotics and artificial intelligence are set to radically reshape the jobs market globally over the coming decades, as technology makes more and more jobs obsolete.
The World Economic Forum (WEF), for example, estimates that 5 million jobs will be destroyed by automation by 2020 while Oxford University and Citi say that 35% of jobs in the UK and 47% of jobs in the US are at risk of automation.
