MODERN WORKPLACE
Why the rise of robotics is
increasing the demand for
creativity in new recruits
By Amantha Imber
A
s we approach the middle
of the century, experts are
predicting that half of all
workers will be replaced by robots.
Professor Moshe Vardi from Rice
University has said that middle
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class jobs will be the hardest hit.
And Boston Consulting Group
has predicted that within the next
ten years, up to 25% of jobs will
be replaced by robots or smart
software.
Robots and software utilising
Artificial Intelligence (AI) are
already taking away jobs that
were previously only reserved for
humans. Within the legal industry,
Ross Intelligence, built on IBM’s