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Automation Will Make Us Rethink What a \u201cJob\u201d Really Is<\/strong><\/p>\n

As businesses enter the unchartered waters of machine intelligence \u2013 where machines learn by experience and improve their performance over time \u2013 researchers are trying to predict its impact on jobs and work. Optimists suggest that by taking over cognitive but labor-intensive chores the intelligent machines will free human workers to do more \u201ccreative\u201d tasks, and that by working side by side with us they will boost our imagination to achieve more. Experience with Robotic Process Automation (RPA) seems to confirm this prediction. Pessimists predict huge levels of unemployment, as nearly half of existing jobs appear prone to automation and, therefore, extinction.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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