Two-thirds of Americans expect that robots and computers will do much of the work currently done by humans within 50 years % ofadults who say that in the next 50 years robots and computers will do much of the work currently done by humans but most workers expect that their own jobs will exist in their current forms in five decades % of workers who say the jobs/professions they work in now will/will not exist -in 50 years
When it comes to their general predictions for the future of human employment and workforce automation, roughly two-thirds of Americans expect that within the next 50 years robots and computers will do much of the work currently done by humans. Some 15% of Americans expect that this level of automation will “definitely” happen, while 50% think it will “probably” happen. On the other hand, one-quarter of Americans expect that this outcome will probably not happen, and 7% believe it will definitely not happen.
Two-thirds of Americans expect that robots and  | computers will do much of the work currently done by  | humans within 50 years  | % ofadults who say that in the next 50 years robots and  | computers will do much of the work currently done by humans  | Will NET happen 65%  | Will not 32% happen  | NET happen 65%  | NET 32%  | Probably  | Definitely  | Definitely  | Probably  | not  | not  | 25%  | 15%  | 50%  | but most workers expect that their own jobs will  | exist in their current forms in five decades  | % of workers who say the jobs/professions they work in now  | will/will not exist -in 50 years  | Will exist  | Will not exist  | NET 80%  | NET 18%  | Probably Definitely  | Definitely  | Probably  | not  | not  | 36  | 44  | 12  | Note Second schartl based on those who are currently employed ona full- orpart-time basis  | Source: Survev conducted June 10-July 12 2015  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 