“The world of A.D. 2014 will have few routine jobs that cannot be done better by some machine than by any human being.”
- Isaac Asimov, 1964
Automation has already replaced many jobs
Industrial Robots
Call Centers
Government Services
Retail
Translations
Paralegal
Travel Agents
Accounting
Manufacturing
of all jobs could be susceptible to automation in developing countries in the coming decades.
But barriers to adoption, low wages, and dependence on human dexterity will slow down this process.
