It’s not news that robots are increasingly taking over human jobs. However, against the backdrop of a series of important breakthroughs in robotics and artificial intelligence technology, there is growing concern about the negative role robots play in human economic activities. The most important is the growing number of unemployed people who fear that robots will put them at risk of losing their jobs. Four out of 10 unemployed Americans blame robots and other new technologies for keeping them from getting a job, according to a poll.

Robotics is improving dramatically as tech giants like Google pour resources into artificial intelligence and robotics, with Google already producing prototypes of self-driving cars that won’t require a driver, and the Los Angeles Times even using robots to write breaking earthquake news.

Robots have traditionally replaced blue-collar jobs in factories, but now they can replace some white-collar jobs involving knowledge and service, foreign media reported.

In the past, it was believed that the advent of new technologies would create new jobs as well as destroy them. Some academics now suspect that new technologies are causing an absolute loss of jobs.

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers recently said he no longer believes automation will create new U.S. jobs.

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ErikBrynjolfsson, an economist at the Massachusetts institute of technology, said the loss of jobs caused by robots and new technologies is the biggest challenge facing human society over the next decade.

Many employees feel threatened by robotics. According to a poll by CBS and others, 37 per cent of unemployed Americans aged 25 to 54 say new technologies such as robotics have kept them from finding work, and 46 per cent say there is a lack of skills training to find a new job.

Other surveys show that the United States is falling behind other countries in training and acquiring skills for its working population.

Robots, by contrast, are getting smarter and more capable. Artificial intelligence technology allows robots to do more than just follow instructions from operators, but also learn intelligently, responding to human natural language and making body movements.

Technology companies such as Google and car companies are now working on autonomous driving technology, a prime example of how new technology is affecting jobs.

As self-driving technology matures, taxi drivers and truck drivers will lose their jobs in droves. Of course, new technology could also make some drivers more productive and earn more.

White-collar jobs are also under threat. The Labor Department predicts the number of jobs for advertising sales representatives and airline pilots will decline over the next decade.

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Piloting commercial airliners is partially automated today, and will be more automated in the future, until pilots are eliminated.

At Google, the world’s largest online advertising company, which relies on an Internet software system to sell search ads to businesses, demand for AD sales representatives has fallen.

Another type of job that could be replaced by software or robots is telemarketing.

As AI technology continues to advance, more jobs will be at risk. Recently, for example, researchers at the University of California, San Diego, developed facial expression recognition technology for cash that can determine whether someone is in pain or depressed. Such sophisticated technology will also allow robots to perform complex tasks that used to depend on humans.