Robots and artificial intelligence will render 6 % of all US jobs obsolete in the next half century , a report by market - research company Forrester has found . Manufacturing manufacturing and transportation jobs will be the most affected , with changes being expected as early as 2021 . Office and administrative engineering jobs will likely be the most disrupted , with 16 % of jobs in the US being replaced by 2025 . However , 9 % of this number will be replaced by new jobs requiring skills such as robot design , computer science , automation and content curation .
Robots and artificial intelligence will render 6% of all US jobs obsolete in the next half decade, a report by market-research company Forrester has found. Customer service and transportation jobs will be the most affected, with changes being seen as early as 2021. Office and administrative support jobs will likely be the most disrupted, with 16% of jobs in the US being replaced by 2025. However, 9% of this number will be replaced by new jobs requiring skills such as robot monitoring, data science, automation and content curation.