American job hunters are now paranoid that robots will toss their résumés in the trash

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MarketWatch - 10/7/2017 - Quetin Fotrell - Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates have sounded warnings about automation. And the American public appears to be listening. As the U.S. suffered first monthly job decline since 2010 in September, they have persistent concerns about the future of the economy — and their place in it. Most Americans expect these advancements to have a negative impact on both the workforce and the U.S. economy, according to a new survey of more than 4,100 people in the U.S. released Wednesday by the Pew Research Center, a think tank in Washington, D.C. Perhaps surprisingly, some 67% of people are worried rather than enthusiastic (22%) about algorithms evaluating and choosing job candidates. However, people are more sanguine when it comes to driverless cars (54% express worry) and robot caregivers (47% express worry). Read more @ http://secure.marketwatch.com/story/thi ... 2017-10-04