Quiz: How Robot-proof Is Your Job?

Is your job in danger of being automated away? Frankly, it depends. At the extremes there are jobs that will most certainly be automated very soon (fast food order takers), while others may likely never be (hostage negotiators).

In his book The Fourth Age: Smart Robots, Conscious Computers, and the Future of Humanity  futurist and author Byron Reese takes a look at the impact artificial intelligence and robotics are having on our workplaces and society at large. The following quiz is adapted from his book.

Where does your job rank on a scale of 0-100 (100 being the most susceptible to automation).

If you'd like to take a more extensive version of the quiz Reese has set one up on his own website that is worth trying out.

Are there robot-proof jobs? Read an excerpt from Reese's book for more. 

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