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These jobs will be taken by robots in 2030. Is your job among them?

November 21, 2018 5:12 PM

World Economic Forum says poorer countries with lower investment in tech are less likely to feel the disruption of Artificial Intelligence.

By 2030, some jobs and skills will be redundant and about 800 million workers across the world could lose their jobs to automation, World Economic Forum, WEF, quoted a study by

In its Future of Jobs Report 2018, WEF says poorer countries with lower investment in tech are less likely to feel the disruption of Artificial Intelligence.

Some of the jobs that the tsunami of AI and robot will affect include Industrial machine operators, administrators, service workers among others.

These jobs and skills will be handed over to AI/Robots by 2030, is your job among?

1. Data entry clerk

2. Accountant

3. Bookkeepers and payroll clerks

4. Administrative and executive secretaries

5. Assembly and factory workers

6. Client information and customer service workers

7. Business services

8. Auditors

9. Material recording

10. Stock-keepers.

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While some jobs are left redundant because of the impact of AI, some jobs will be created and skills will be needed to fill in the role.

Aderemi Ojekunle

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