Opinion: Robots may not be coming for your job – but they are coming

As language has changed, so have attitudes; automation is no longer seen as the hulking grim reaper it once was. — Image by Lifestylememory on Freepik

Automation of the labor force was feared for a long time.

In 2017, a website sprung up to answer a question long on the minds of many: Will robots take my job? The creators based it on Bureau of Labor Statistics data and a 2013 research paper from Oxford University about "the susceptibility of jobs to computerization." Things have moved quickly since; even the term "computerization" now sounds desperately out of date.