Study: Robots could soon replace most government workers

‘According to a study by the British think tank, Reform, robots could potentially replace 90 percent of federal workers, a transition that would save the government an estimated $8 billion per year.
The study indicates that robots would be much more efficient than humans when it comes to data collection, processing paperwork and other routine tasks. Even professions that require more skill and precision, such as jobs in the medical field, could benefit from robotic assistants doing odds and ends around the workplace.
Reform found that there are actually very few jobs in civil service that absolutely require a human being as opposed to a robot. “Twenty percent of public-sector workers hold ‘strategic,’ cognitive roles,” Reform said in their press release on the study. “They will use data analytics to identify patterns—improving decision-making and allocating workers most efficiently.”’
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