Is the threat of automation, real or imaginary? Does automated system make our jobs obsolete sooner than we think?

For a long time, the idea of automation is being proposed by futurists and visionaries. All these years, most of us has brushed aside this concept, thinking it’s something like what we heard when computers came around.
However, this time the stories and projections of things we hear seems real and scary. So, what’s the scary part of automation and AI? Is automation going to displace most of our job and put us on the street? Is the work going to be gone with far better efficiency, accuracy and without looking for a motivation or reason to work.

Automation in AI Era

Sometimes I feel that I worry about it too much, while most people I discuss with hardly seems to feel it as a threat. So, am I talking this idea too far or are there many people like me who feel that it’s a clear and present danger for working people.

So, if you imagine it’s real, then how do you protect your career, income and life? Do you become indispensable in the era of Cloud and AI?

Few Articles on this topic
Will machines take on every job – Source: BU Today
Job Displacement ( What these leaders think)
When automation takes over our economy ( Reddit answers)
How automation will effect economies across the world – Mckinsey
Will Robots Really Steal our Jobs Source: ( PWC)
Jobs that may start vanishing from today
Will machines eventually take over
Robots will steal our jobs – Forbes Article

By the way, what are the jobs you see will vanish in few years time:

1) Bank clerks, Sarkari babus and others in paper scrutiny work

2) Sales people of most shops and establishments

3) Basic coders in IT

4) Link builders, basic level SEO specialists, etc

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