Robots are set to take over fifty percent of the global workforce by 2045. With the advances in artificial intelligence, robots will be able to outperform humans in any task within the next 30 years. Shocking new statistics were announced during the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Washington on Sunday. RT reports: Jobs at the middle of the skills curve are most at risk, according to Rice University computer science professor Moshi Vardi. High end skills, including those of doctors and attorneys, are unlikely to be developed by machines in the foreseeable future and those at the low end such as food service workers are paid such low wages that automation would prove more costly. “Folks like data entry clerks, hotel clerks, and almost anyone working in delivery or shipping are likely to suffer,” according to Vardi. The rapid development of self-driving cars also has taxi and truck drivers worrying about their long-term future. It’s a shift that’s been happening since the start of the Industrial Age, but current automation displaces less than 40 percent of global employment. A report last month from the Oxford Martin School said that the OECD estimates [...]