The 11 Industries Most Likely To Be Affected By Artificial Intelligence

Few surprises  - construction, banking, health care, manufacturing, etc -  but the report reinforces the evidence that those industries hit are also the ones with the largest impact on employment. JL

Sam Shead reports in Inc.:

"The question is whether the impact will be positive or negative?" reads the ARM report. "On one hand, increased automation means greater efficiency and productivity, better employee safety and even a higher standard of living (more free time, lower prices). However, AI may also cause job losses and fundamentally change traditional employment."
Artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to kill off 5 million human jobs by 2020 but some industries are more at risk than others.
UK chip designer ARM released a report on Tuesday highlighting which industries consumers expect to be disrupted the most by AI machines.
The report -- carried out in partnership with Northstar Research Partners and based on responses from 3,938 consumers -- found that people expect everything from banking to farming to be impacted by AI.

The report goes on to question whether humans need a guaranteed "living wage" as robots take their jobs and whether companies should pay a "robot tax" as they are replacing human tax payers.

Here are the 11 industries people think are most under threat from AI machines:

11. Science (4%)

10. Healthcare/hospitals (4%)

9. Policing/security (5%)

8. Farming (6%)

7. Taxi drivers (7%)

6. Insurance companies (8%)

5. Financial analysis (9%)

4. Public transport (9%)

3. Construction (10%)

2. Banking (18%)

1. Manufacturing workers (19%)

 

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