Robots Will Take Nearly Half of U.S. Workers' Jobs, A New Report Says

It is just like all the movies predicted, robots will take over the world - or maybe just the workforce.

A new study released exclusively to The Gaurdian boasts nearly half of U.S. workers will potentially lose their jobs to robots. Artificial intelligence has given "rise to robots" that can not only process your fast-food order or man an assembly line, but use their AI to "think" - "performing analytical tasks once seen as requiring human judgment."

That is not unnerving at all...

The report is predicting what analysts from investment bank Bank of America Merrill Lynch are calling the fourth industrial revolution, states Business Insider.

"We are facing a paradigm shift which will change the way we live and work," the report says. "The pace of disruptive technological innovation has gone from linear to parabolic in recent years. Penetration of robots and artificial intelligence has hit every industry sector, and has become an integral part of our daily lives."

47 percent of the U.S. workforce and 35 percent of the British workforce have the possibility of being displaced by technology.

Bank analysts say this is cause for worry, as most of the jobs recently created in the U.S. are labor intensive and at "high-risk" of being replaced by robots.

"The trend is worrisome in markets like the US because many of the jobs created in recent years are low-paying, manual or services jobs which are generally considered 'high risk' for replacement," the bank says.

Here are some more startling numbers. Japan has already turned to AI to increase its productivity and decrease labor costs. As Business Insider explains, "in the most advanced manufacturing sectors - among Japan's carmakers, for example - robots are already able to work unsupervised round the clock for up to 30 days without interruption. While offshoring manufacturing jobs to low-cost economies can save up to 65% on labour costs, replacing human workers with robots saves up to 90%."

However, when it comes to robots taking up positions that require "human judgment," the bank points out major ethical and moral issues. For example, the use of unmanned drones in warfare and "sex" robots.

Furthermore, Business Insider explains a recent Pew poll reveals that while nearly half of  "techno-optimists" and pessimists believe robots will lead to "a massive detrimental impact on society... leading to income inequality and breakdowns in social order" the other half are optimistic, believing the human race will use its ingenuity to create new jobs and industries.

The following are the industries most at-risk by the robot revolution:

Fast-food restaurants

Manufacturing workers

Financial advisers

Care workers

Doctors