Business & Economics
Will a robot take your job?
Rise of the robots
More than half of all existing jobs will be automated within 20 years - but is this a threat or an opportunity?
Published 5 September 2017
Episode 28
The world of work is changing - fast.
Economists predict that in the coming years, many traditional jobs and trades will be rendered obsolete as a result of automation and robotics.
Estimates show that around 45 per cent of workers currently perform tasks that could be automated in the near future. As the trend gathers pace, more than half of all existing jobs will be automated within 20 years.
For Australia, this means up to 5 million jobs lost.
To discuss what the future of work might look like, former economic advisor to President Bush and President Obama and co-founder of H-Robotics, Dr Pippa Malmgren, and former advisor to the Prime Minister and director of AlphaBeta consultancy, Dr Andrew Charlton join the host, Professor Glyn Davis, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne.
Episode recorded: 16 August 2017 The Policy Shop producers: Ruby Schwartz and Eoin Hahessy Audio engineer: Gavin Nebauer
Banner image: Wikimedia Commons/The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL)
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