Line 18 Podcast: Automation
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In the second of Sky News' special 'Line 18' reports assessing the divides and fractures in our society, Technology Correspondent Tom Cheshire looks at automation. The automation of UK jobs, where robots take on roles previously filled by human workers, is inevitable according to some experts. Sky News worked with researchers from think tank Localis to map local authorities' exposure to cliff-edge automation. Tom went to Northamptonshire which - as our data shows - is the most vulnerable county in the UK.  #Robots #automation #Line18 #SkyNews
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