China News Service, October 21. According to a report by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), a World Economic Forum report predicts that by 2025, half of all tasks and tasks will be completed by machines.
According to reports, currently about one-third of the work tasks are processed by machines, and the rest are completed by humans, but by 2025, the balance will change.
In addition, more than 50% of employers surveyed stated that they want to speed up the automation of certain positions in the company, while 43% of employers believe that they are likely to lay off employees due to technical reasons.
On October 7, 2020, local time, Tokyo, Japan, Japan Post's self-driving mail delivery robot was tested for the first time on the road, and it is expected to be officially promoted in 2021.
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The agency said that a "robot revolution" will create 97 million jobs worldwide, but it will also destroy many jobs and put some people at risk of unemployment.
Among them, part of the work in management and data processing is more vulnerable to automation threats.
But there will be new job opportunities in the fields of nursing, big data and the green economy.
In addition, the new crown pneumonia epidemic is likely to accelerate this trend, because companies want to cut costs and adopt new ways of working.
But workers may face the dual threat of "accelerated automation and economic recession caused by the epidemic"
Satya Zhasidi, General Manager of the World Economic Forum, said: "These events have exacerbated the existing inequalities in the labor market and reversed the employment growth achieved since the 2008 global financial crisis."
According to reports, this study covers 300 of the world's largest companies, which employ approximately 8 million people.