I read a report from the OECD that said only 14% of jobs are at high risk of full automation

Found it while looking up stats for a school thing, and it was from 2019. I mean, everyone talks like robots are taking everything tomorrow, but this big study said most jobs will just change a lot, not vanish. Has anyone else seen newer numbers that back this up or prove it wrong?

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reese_hayes711mo ago

30% by 2030? Beth276, that's still huge.

beth2761mo ago

Yeah, I was looking for the same thing last month. Ended up finding a 2023 update from McKinsey that said something similar, like 30% of tasks could be automated by 2030 but that doesn't mean whole jobs just disappear. Their point was it's more about people working with new tools.

daniel_gonzalez1mo ago

That lines up with a podcast I heard recently. They talked about how automation often changes jobs instead of ending them, like when teachers started using projectors instead of chalkboards. The tools change, but the need for a person to guide the process stays.