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50% of occupations today will no longer exist in 2025: Report

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A paradigm shift is expected to be witnessed in the wayworkplaces operate over the next 15 years, making nearly 50 per cent of occupations existing today redundant by 2025, a report has said.

Artificial intelligence will transform businesses and the work that people do. Process work, customer work and vast swathes of middle management will simply disappear, it said.

The report titled 'Fast Forward 2030: The Future of Work and the Workplace' has been prepared by realty consulting firmCBRE and China-based Genesis, a property developer, after interviewing 220 experts, business leaders and young people from Asia, Europe and North America.

http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/50-of-occupations-today-will-no-longer-exist-in-2025-report-114110701279_1.html


This prediction is a frightening one for those of us at the age where we are not old enough to not work, but too old to retrain and start over.
 
Yep, what we will see (are seeing?) is a massive rush to get on the SS disability train.
 
This prediction is a frightening one for those of us at the age where we are not old enough to not work, but too old to retrain and start over.

What does too old to retrain mean? I was teaching my 11 year old German Shepherd things until the day he died. I learn new things every day and really enjoy researching things and learning new information. A lot of business has already made the shift into the online world, and you are at least capable and proficient enough to navigate and use a message board so learning new Internet and computer based skills seems well within your ability to attain given the facts I previously stated.
 
What does too old to retrain mean? I was teaching my 11 year old German Shepherd things until the day he died. I learn new things every day and really enjoy researching things and learning new information. A lot of business has already made the shift into the online world, and you are at least capable and proficient enough to navigate and use a message board so learning new Internet and computer based skills seems well within your ability to attain given the facts I previously stated.

I think its probably a bit easier to teach your 11 year old dog to roll over than it is to teach a 60 year old life long Postal Clerk to be a Web Developer.
 
I think its probably a bit easier to teach your 11 year old dog to roll over than it is to teach a 60 year old life long Postal Clerk to be a Web Developer.

One that doesn't have a lick of computer or Internet skills, sure, but I can't feel too sorry for them, that technology has existed for many, many years now. If they were unable to see the trends of the future coming their way, the responsibility falls on their shoulders.
 
Thanks Obama

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Machines took more than 50% of jobs in the last few decades and computers will take another 50% in the next decade. It does indeed make you wonder what people will do for employment. I spent my life herding cows and fixing fences, no robot or computer for that. Well not yet anyway.
 
One that doesn't have a lick of computer or Internet skills, sure, but I can't feel too sorry for them, that technology has existed for many, many years now. If they were unable to see the trends of the future coming their way, the responsibility falls on their shoulders.

Oh brother....
Bet he wouldn't be saying that if he was a postal clerk for 20 years.
 
What does too old to retrain mean? I was teaching my 11 year old German Shepherd things until the day he died. I learn new things every day and really enjoy researching things and learning new information. A lot of business has already made the shift into the online world, and you are at least capable and proficient enough to navigate and use a message board so learning new Internet and computer based skills seems well within your ability to attain given the facts I previously stated.

It means that training has costs and thus will have limited slots available. If one has the choice to train either a 52 year old or a 26 year old then which will likely be chosen? Cost/benefit analysis would surely favor training those that will remain in the workforce longer - even an old congress critter may see that.
 
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Um yeah actually they can use drones to heard the cows and they do have robots that can mend the fences sorry, but they can't stop you from watching the grass grow! That one's ours dang it!


Machines took more than 50% of jobs in the last few decades and computers will take another 50% in the next decade. It does indeed make you wonder what people will do for employment. I spent my life herding cows and fixing fences, no robot or computer for that. Well not yet anyway.
 
What does too old to retrain mean? I was teaching my 11 year old German Shepherd things until the day he died. I learn new things every day and really enjoy researching things and learning new information. A lot of business has already made the shift into the online world, and you are at least capable and proficient enough to navigate and use a message board so learning new Internet and computer based skills seems well within your ability to attain given the facts I previously stated.

Its those kinds of things that will go away though. Computers will do them.

Its going to be the creative and the extremely technically skilled who continue to prosper. And that's nowhere near everybody. Lots of people weren't born with the "chops".
 
Um yeah actually they can use drones to heard the cows and they do have robots that can mend the fences sorry, but they can't stop you from watching the grass grow! That one's ours dang it!

I'm retired now but in a hard scrabble environment you will never replace a man on a horse to ride the fence line and babysit the scattered cattle. Unfortunately most Americans don't want this kind of work anymore so it will be illegals doing it for the most part.
 
I love my horses, and riding them. I like my ATV and driving them. But I'll admit flying that drone with a live feed go pro was cool.....I think it's illegal but my closest neighbor is 21 miles away and not likely to report me. The drone can't fix the fence but can cure a whole day of looking for the break :)


I'm retired now but in a hard scrabble environment you will never replace a man on a horse to ride the fence line and babysit the scattered cattle. Unfortunately most Americans don't want this kind of work anymore so it will be illegals doing it for the most part.
 
anyone actually believe that expansion of computing abilities is not going to eliminate the need for humans to do many of the activities that they are now earning income to perform?
it should be a given, whether it is a 50% job loss or not, whether it happens in 15 years or not

a portion of society will have good jobs operating the devices that perform so much work
but what about the rest of society, those without the aptitude to fulfill those high level positions
will the chasm between the elite and the poor grow even wider, and the ranks of the poor even more extensive
or will the majority at the polling booth insist that the wealth created by these machines be distributed for the benefit of society at large

that machines will displace employment should be given
how we respond to it seems a very open question
 
One that doesn't have a lick of computer or Internet skills, sure, but I can't feel too sorry for them, that technology has existed for many, many years now. If they were unable to see the trends of the future coming their way, the responsibility falls on their shoulders.

Way to be an asshole. First off, you are assuming that people have the time and money to even learn these things in the first place, which many are not in a position to do. If you've been doing postal work for the past forty years, why would you think that all of a sudden you need web skills?

This is more blaming people BS disguised as 'personal responsibility.'
 
I'm glad I have a skill that can't be replaced by computers. Unless they learn to pick up a paint brush, camera or use PS and take into consideration what a client wants - I'm safe.
 
This prediction is a frightening one for those of us at the age where we are not old enough to not work, but too old to retrain and start over.

It's a reasonable fear, however it has happened before. A lot of farm workers have been replaced by modern machinery. A lot of assembly line workers have been replaced by robotic devices. I am in the IT field. My department has shrunk about 70% over the last ten years as so many tasks have been automated. Fortunately for me....I can retire in just over a year if I desire.
 
Machines took more than 50% of jobs in the last few decades and computers will take another 50% in the next decade. It does indeed make you wonder what people will do for employment.

I really have difficulty seeing how capitalism and ever advancing technology will be able to co-exist in the future in such a way that most people will be able to provide well for themselves. AI could advance to the point one day where even professional jobs are being replaced.
 
I love my horses, and riding them. I like my ATV and driving them. But I'll admit flying that drone with a live feed go pro was cool.....I think it's illegal but my closest neighbor is 21 miles away and not likely to report me. The drone can't fix the fence but can cure a whole day of looking for the break :)

Drones are only "illegal" for commercial use without a private pilots license. For pleasure? Go for it. (At least five miles from an airport).
 
I work in a field where we are often seen as 'replacing' people (machine learning, data/process automation). I can assure people that while it can seem like we kick people out of jobs, we create more opportunity for employment than remove it. It's down to the finance/HR people to decide whether they want to fill that opportunity with new hires.

As far as training goes, there are now hundreds of online resources where you can learn new skills that are being taken by young and old alike. From Harvard Computer Science courses to Financial Accounting at Wharton Business School. All for free. Even 60 year old postal clerks can do that (and make no mistake, some already are).
 
I work in a field where we are often seen as 'replacing' people (machine learning, data/process automation). I can assure people that while it can seem like we kick people out of jobs, we create more opportunity for employment than remove it. It's down to the finance/HR people to decide whether they want to fill that opportunity with new hires.

As far as training goes, there are now hundreds of online resources where you can learn new skills that are being taken by young and old alike. From Harvard Computer Science courses to Financial Accounting at Wharton Business School. All for free. Even 60 year old postal clerks can do that (and make no mistake, some already are).

Hope they're not doing the accounting one.

That's one of the fields on the chopping block.
 
Way to be an asshole. First off, you are assuming that people have the time and money to even learn these things in the first place, which many are not in a position to do. If you've been doing postal work for the past forty years, why would you think that all of a sudden you need web skills?

This is more blaming people BS disguised as 'personal responsibility.'

First off, I wasn't meaning to come across as an asshole, my apologies. Secondly, it is on a person to be a strong candidate for employment, having the necessary skills from the right era helps out a lot. "Work today but plan for tomorrow's job."
 
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