The Guardian: "Robots could destabilise world through war and unemployment, says UN"

"United Nations opens new centre in Netherlands to monitor artificial intelligence and predict possible threats"

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"The UN has warned that robots could destabilise the world ahead of the opening of a headquarters in The Hague to monitor developments in artificial intelligence.

"From the risk of mass unemployment to the deployment of autonomous robotics by criminal organisations or rogue states, the new Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics has been set the goal of second-guessing the possible threats.

"It is estimated that 30% of jobs in Britain are potentially under threat from breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, according to the consultancy firm PwC. In some sectors half the jobs could go. A recent study by the International Bar Association claimed robotics could force governments to legislate for quotas of human workers."

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Daily Telegraph: "These are the jobs most at risk of automation according to Oxford University: Is yours one of them?"

"In his speech at the 2017 Labour Party conference, Jeremy Corbyn outlined his desire to "urgently... face the challenge of automation", which he called a " threat in the hands of the greedy".

"Whether or not Corbyn is planing a potentially controversial 'robot tax' wasn't clear from his speech, but addressing the forward march of automation is a savvy move designed to appeal to voters in low-paying, routine work.

"Automation of jobs through technological advances have been mooted for years but analyses have shown that progress towards this eventuality may be accelerating."