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Willrobotstakeourjobs

BBC英语六分钟练起来(2023.03.9)

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Neil

Helloandwelcometo6MinuteEnglish.ImNeil...

Finn

...andImFinn.Hello.

Neil

Hellothere,Finn.Now,whatdoyouknowaboutrobots?

Finn

Robots?ell,(Finndoesanimpressionofarobotvoice)theytalkina

funnyway...likethat!

Neil

Yes.Yousoundquiteconvincingthereactually,Finn.

Finn

Doyoulikeit?

Neil

Yes,Ido.Isthereanythingelseyouknowaboutrobots?

Finn

ell,thereare...thereareacoupleofgoodonesintheStarars,arent

there?

Neil

Oh,yes.R2-D2andC-3PO.C-3POtalksincuiteahumanvoice.

Finn

Hedoes.Butofcoursethafssciencefictionnotreallife.

Neil

No.Butthingshavemovedoninreallife.Theuseofmachinestodov/ork

thatpeopledoorusedtodoiscalledautomationandthatsthesubject

oftodaysshow.

Finn

Butbeforewetalkmoreaboutthis,Idlikeyou,Neil,toanswertodays

quizquestion.hatmakesajobmorelikelytobedonebyrobots?Isitif

ajobinvolves...

a)manipulatingsmallobjects?

b)workinginopenspaces?

Orc)socialandemotionalskills?

Neil

Hmm...OK.ell,Imgoingtoguess.Manipulatingsmallobjects,Ithink.

Finn

Interesting.OK,wellfindoutifyourerightorwronglateron.Now,two

UKacademicshavecalculatedhowsusceptibleto-thatmeanslikelyto

beaffectedby-howsusceptibletoautomationeachjobisbasedon

somekeyskills.Andtheseincludenegotiation,persuasion,caringfor

others,originality,andmanualdexterity-nowthatmeansbeinggood

withyourhands.

Neil

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