Moves materials that are not listed separately.
Type of Job:
Blue collar
Blue-collar jobs are unlikely to be automated by Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). Increased demand for premium goods and services could even spur greater demand for blue-collar workers—and a corresponding rise in their income share.
What Constitutes Artificial intelligence (AI)?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a technology that allows systems, whether software or machine-based, to autonomously make predictions, recommendations, or decisions that impact both real and virtual environments without the need for constant human guidance or intervention.
Sources
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Author:
Giacomo Gaudenzi
Journalist with experience in Digital Marketing, Research, and Design.
Will Material Moving Workers be replaced by AI & Robots?
Material Moving Workers risk of being automated:
Low
This job has a low likelihood of substantial automation within the next 20 years, placing it in the lower quartile for automation probability among occupations.
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