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    Automation is a bigger threat, depending on race, education and where you live, among other factors

    by Margot Roosevelt, Los Angeles Times Jan 25, 2019 4 minutes

    Is a robot coming for your job?

    That is more likely for Californians who work in Riverside, San Bernardino, Merced or Modesto, according to a report released Thursday by the Brookings Institution. Those who live in San Francisco or San Jose have a better chance of weathering a coming onslaught of automation and artificial intelligence.

    The new study by the Washington think tank suggests that intelligent machines may well take over many more tasks from humans in the future. But it forecasts dramatic differences among cities, occupations, ethnic and racial groups, educational levels and age groups.

    "California turns out to have super-stark variations - regions with both the highest and lowest exposures to disruption," said Mark Muro, director of Brookings' Metropolitan

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