How Will Emerging Computers Affect Older Workers by 2040?

The brief’s key findings are:

Since the 1980s, computers have increasingly taken on “routine” tasks for jobs that rely on step-by-step instructions, from assembly-line workers to travel agents.
Emerging computers, however, can learn to perform “non-routine” tasks, making jobs from truck drivers to loan officers vulnerable to replacement.
Despite these advances, humans retain an edge in social skills and in mental skills honed by education (e.g., reasoning and creativity).
Older workers share this edge, as their education is similar to younger workers, and natural social skills tend to improve with age.

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