Britain’s 250,000 government jobs or being replaced by robots

A UK-based think tank called "Reform" released a report on the 6th, predicting that based on advances in artificial intelligence technology, robotics will likely replace nearly 250,000 jobs in the UK public sector in the future, saving operating costs and improving work efficiency. This report mainly discusses the UK’s workforce settings in public agencies such as administrative agencies, medical care, education, and public safety, and gives relevant recommendations. One of them is to use new technologies to improve efficiency and quality of work. The report said that the use of intelligent robots and other technologies in the future will be able to effectively complete a large number of daily tasks in the British government administration. By 2030, such technologies may replace as many as 130,000 administrative personnel in the government, which will save about 2.6 billion yuan annually. GBP (about 22.2 billion yuan). The report predicts that the application of these new technologies will gradually replace approximately 114,000 administrative and front office jobs in all levels of the UK medical system, saving approximately £1.7 billion (approximately RMB 14.5 billion) annually. The report also believes that nurses and doctors may also be affected. At present, computer programs have achieved not a small breakthrough in the diagnosis of some diseases, and surgical robots are constantly expanding their applications. The report said that through the application of new technologies, the public sector can better enhance the efficiency and quality of grassroots administrative work and decision-making.