job automation
Machines replacing workers
Job automation is the use of technology—machines, software, or artificial intelligence—to perform work tasks previously done by humans.
The term appears in discussions of economic disruption and labor markets: Job automation threatens millions of positions in manufacturing and retail.
Automation may eliminate jobs entirely or transform them, shifting human workers toward tasks machines can't yet handle.
- robotsProgrammable mechanical agents
- robot armMotorized jointed appendage
- algorithmsFinite instruction sequences
- unemploymentBeing without paid work
- efficiencyProductive without waste
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- job automationjob loss, factory robots, machine learning, robotics, robots
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- workforceworkers, employee, employees, labor force, employer
- tech fearstechnophobia, cyberphobia, nomophobia, AI takeover, robot uprising
job automationmanual labor
Work done bodily
manual work · handwork · skilled trades · personal service · cottage industry
job automationjob creation
Establishing new work positions
employment growth · full employment · labor shortage · hiring boom · job security
job automationcustom work
Personalized, commissioned creation
hand-built · made by hand · artisanal methods · handmade goods · cottage industry
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