AI Could Most Affect ‘Knowledge Workers’

Technocrats who are inventing AI algorithms by the hundreds may inadvertently have their own work replaced by their own inventions. Knowledge and white-collar workers are now in the cross-hairs for job replacement.  ⁃ TN EditorThe robot revolution has long been thought of as apocalyptic for blue-collar workers whose tasks are manual and repetitive. A widely cited 2017 McKinsey study said 50 percent of work activities were already automatable using current technology and