Jobs Being Taken By Technology

As the years go by, the phrase Technology is taking over the world has become more evident. One is bound to have a migraine thinking of an industry yet to be permeated by technology. Technology is evolving at lightning speed and with each evolution, humans stand the chance of losing Jobs that were once reserved for their expertise.
I can recall watching science-fiction movies where robots battled man for territorial dominance. Well, this isn’t far from what is happening, would happen and continue to happen. 

For companies looking to save money, the idea of being able to replace a human with a computer and robot that can work round the clock with little pay, no benefits, and often faster with fewer errors is enticing. Robots can also be helpful to employees as they can easily do jobs that are repetitive, monotonous, or dangerous and leave the jobs that are not completely automated, require creativity, communication, and multi-tasking to humans.

Over the last few years, robots and computers have made tremendous leaps in their performance and capabilities and have replaced more human jobs. According to a recent Oxford University study, Automation may claim as high as 47% of current jobs by 2033. So, if you're planning a career that spans beyond the next decade, you may want to strike the following off the list. Why? The reason is that most of these jobs will be automated and the need for real people to take on these roles won’t be needed as technology will catch up and take on these responsibilities.

The following are examples of jobs that would suffer this fate:

1. BANK TELLER OPERATORS: 
With the advent of Automated Teller Machines that can now handle cash deposits and issue tellers for such transactions now. The spread and/or advancement of such technology is bound to make people with such role dispensable.


2. CASHIERS: 
This seems like an obvious example of an occupation that can be replaced by a machine. Many grocery stores have adopted self-checkout machines as oppose to the conventional cashiers and to a large extent, the result has been positive for them. With the rise of self-checkout machines worldwide, the occupation as a cashier remains under huge threat for humans.

3. RECEPTIONIST:
Companies can now save less by not hiring someone to answer the phones thanks to software programs Virtual Receptionist. Some technologically advanced countries have taken it a step further by experimenting with actual robots to serve as receptionists. As consumers know, though, getting your call routed to a machine is off-putting, which is one reason receptionists aren't being replaced en masse — yet. However, this doesn’t rule out the fact that this is one job that is likely not going to grow or would phase out. As long as the software or robots can sufficiently carry out the company’s need, caring about how their customers feel talking to a machine would be the least of their worry especially when they can cut down on cost. 

4. PACKING, STOCKROOM, AND WAREHOUSE MOVING:
Jobs that involve lifting, packaging or moving goods are now being replaced by robots controlled by computers. Top companies like Amazon, for instance, makes use of robots that move all of the goods to people who package and mail the goods to customers. These robots help Amazon and its employees get packages shipped out faster than its competition. However, at the same time, these robots have replaced the jobs of workers who would have handled this job. Other companies are also using autonomous forklift machines that can also be used to move, load, and off-load goods.

5. PILOT AND DRIVERS:
If you haven’t heard of driverless car technology or auto-pilot, you are probably a centenarian and would easily be forgiven. Autonomous drones that conduct surveillance and even attacks all without the assistance of humans are now being deployed by certain Military forces worldwide. As these drones become more advanced and capable, they are going to be adapted to other fields such as replacing the pilots of cargo planes used by companies like FedEx and UPS. There are already many companies looking into replacing their fleet of pilots with computer assisted pilots that could be remotely aided by a handful of pilots if needed. As for drivers, with the continuous improvement on tesla cars, driverless cars would likely come to a wider acceptance than it has. Granted this might take a while, as people as still skeptical with placing their life in the trust of a robot, of which many argue can be compromised by hackers. They are still occupations that cannot be ruled out of a technological take-over.

6. BARTENDER:
Some companies already have this structure in place. Robots can be soft or hard coded to serve alcohol or coffee drinks to customers. For those who are curious enough to see how this works, I have added a link for you to see how possible it is to be served a drink by a robot.

7. TRAVEL AGENTS:
Before the explosion of the Internet, there were a lot of people who worked as a travel agent to help find, arrange and book the best deal for traveling. Today, with the Internet and computers you can do all of this yourself without needing a travel agent.

There are so many others but for the time, I decided to shortlist just this seven. Why? Because seven is my lucky number. LOL !!!

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