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Data: Robots Are Coming for Your Job (But Not Mine)
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If robots and computers are indeed a legitimate threat to replace humans for a significant portion of American jobs in the next half-century, some people are in for a surprise. According to Pew Research Center, about two-thirds of Americans see automation as a threat to the workforce in general, but 80 percent believe their jobs will continue to exist over that span.
| Percentage of Americans who say, in the next 50 years, robots and computers will or will not do much of the work humans do today: | Percentage of Americans who say, in the next 50 years, their job will or will not continue to exist in its current form: | |
| 3% not sure | 2% not sure | |
| 32% will NOT happen | 18% will NOT exist | |
| 65% will happen | 80% will exist | |
| Source: Pew Research Center (opens in a new tab) | ||
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