🤖 74% of Physical Work in the US Can Already Be Done by Robots

This work accounts for 34% of all working hours in the economy, according to Anthropic researchers who analyzed around 19,000 job tasks.

Drivers and warehouse packers are most at risk. Of the ten most exposed occupations, nine involve operating vehicles.

The vulnerable worker is usually a man without a college degree. He earns about $30 an hour less than those whose tasks robots cannot yet touch. Nurses, social workers, and nannies are relatively well protected—robots still struggle with fine interpersonal interaction and manual dexterity.

❗️ But today, robots are barely cost-effective anywhere. They are cost-competitive for just 0.3% of tasks. To automate 10% of work, prices would need to fall by about 70%, and at the current pace that would take around 40 years.

Are you afraid a robot will take your job?

❤️ — Yes, I'm already thinking about it
🔥 — No, that's still very far off