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Office automation is about to lead to a 'massacre of the Dilberts'

Screenshot/Youtube/Bobby Jones Bank of England Governor Mark Carney warned of the risks of automation pushing workers out of low-skilled jobs, Bloomberg reported. In a speech in Canada, Carney called the phenomenon the "massacre of the Dilberts" — referring to an American comic strip featuring a generic white collar worked named Dilbert. Carney's comments come in the same week that EY warned 330,000 jobs in London alone are at risk of automation. LONDON – Bank of England governor Mark Carney said that the world is heading for "massacre of the Dilberts" as technology forces white-collar workers to learn new skills, according to a Bloomberg report. Referring to the cartoon strip "Dilbert" — which features a tech engineer named Dilbert and his colleagues — Carney told an audience in Toronto that a large number of what he called "routine cognitive jobs," are at risk.See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: A $163 billion chief economist outlines his biggest market fearSee Also:Why you should take advantage of this widely ignored part of Amazon to save moneyAutomation could kill off around 330,000 jobs in LondonBARCLAYS: The way global central banks work is about to fundamentally change — and technology is to blameSEE ALSO: BARCLAYS: The way global central banks work is about to fundamentally change — and technology is to blame

 

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