This statistic shows the distribution of opinion among American adults as to the likelihood of different jobs being replaced by robots or computers, according to a survey in May 2017. Only four percent of respondents agreed that nurses will very likely be replaced by robots or computer, while 38 percent believed it was very likely that fast food workers would be replaced.
Probability of jobs being replaced by robots or computers within one's lifetime, according to American adults, as of May 2017
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Pew Research Center. (October 4, 2017). Probability of jobs being replaced by robots or computers within one's lifetime, according to American adults, as of May 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/780324/us-adults-view-of-jobs-being-replaced-by-robots-computer/
Pew Research Center. "Probability of jobs being replaced by robots or computers within one's lifetime, according to American adults, as of May 2017." Chart. October 4, 2017. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/780324/us-adults-view-of-jobs-being-replaced-by-robots-computer/
Pew Research Center. (2017). Probability of jobs being replaced by robots or computers within one's lifetime, according to American adults, as of May 2017. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/780324/us-adults-view-of-jobs-being-replaced-by-robots-computer/
Pew Research Center. "Probability of Jobs Being Replaced by Robots or Computers within One's Lifetime, According to American Adults, as of May 2017." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 Oct 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/780324/us-adults-view-of-jobs-being-replaced-by-robots-computer/
Pew Research Center, Probability of jobs being replaced by robots or computers within one's lifetime, according to American adults, as of May 2017 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/780324/us-adults-view-of-jobs-being-replaced-by-robots-computer/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Probability of jobs being replaced by robots or computers within one's lifetime, according to American adults, as of May 2017 [Graph], Pew Research Center, October 4, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/780324/us-adults-view-of-jobs-being-replaced-by-robots-computer/
