机器变得越智能,人类特有技能所剩下的空间可能会缩减得越厉害。引发这些担忧的是能够取代人类大脑和肌肉的机器和电脑的发展——这对卡车司机、分析师和财经记者的工作构成了威胁。据估计,英国大约有1500万个工作岗位——大约为总量的一半——可能受到自动化的威胁。类似的,欧洲主要国家里多达50%的工作岗位估计面临风险。然而,早在1960年自动化浪潮中,美国“蓝带技术、自动化和经济进步全国委员会”研究表明,“技术消灭了工作岗位,但没有消灭工作。”该结论被 The smarter the machine becomes, the more room left for human-specific skills may shrink. The trigger for these concerns is the development of machines and computers that can replace the human brain and muscles - threatening the work of truck drivers, analysts and financial reporters. It is estimated that about 15 million jobs in the United Kingdom - about half the total - may be threatened by automation. Similarly, as many as 50% of jobs in major European countries are estimated to be at risk. However, as early as the wave of automation in 1960, the United States “National Commission for Learners’ Technology, Automation and Economic Progress Studies have shown that” technology eliminated jobs but did not eliminate them. "The conclusion was