The insane reason why half of you reading this will soon be UNEMPLOYED

Your future ain't what it used to be.

Half. That's how many existing jobs in the U.S. will be lost to computers and robots over the next 20 years. And just two years from now, more than 3 million workers will be supervised by robot bosses.  These are some of the stunning predictions from the most recent study of how computerization will impact the workplace.

LOS ANGELES, CA (California Network) -  The robot revolution is already here, and changes are happening very quickly. Replacing workers with robots and computers is the most vogue way to cut costs, improve reliability and improve the bottom line, especially as pressure mounts to increase wages and compensation.

According to a new study from Oxford professors Carl Frey and Michael Osborne, half of all U.S. jobs are in danger of computerization over the next 20 years.

Within the next 10 years alone, 16 percent of jobs will be lost to the robo-economy but at least half of them will be replaced by new jobs in robotics and repair. Of course, eventually robots will be able to repair robots, so those jobs may be jeopardized later.

Forklift operators were listed as a high-risk profession as well as many other warehouse jobs. Long distance truck drivers and agricultural drivers are in the same category. Each of these jobs has less than five years before they can expect human displacement to begin.

Driving jobs on mining sites are already automated, which is providing an important first step into the working world for automated vehicles. Hazardous mining operations have used robotic vehicles since 2008.

Uber drivers are unwittingly participating in their own demise, as their apps send data back to developers who can use it to train sophisticated AI.

These changes are important because they will change everything about the world in which we live. Work will become more scarce, and jobs will require fewer hours to complete. Will the workweek become shorter, or will unemployment rise as a few people work long hours and many more go without? How this leisure time is distributed is a fundamental economic question.

It is also a political question. What should be done with millions of people for whom there is little to no work to do? How much should people be paid if they work less than full-time?

In the United States, in particular, great esteem and value is placed on how much work people do and the relative value of that work. What happens when that work is simply no longer necessary?

These changes will impact the political landscape of the nation as well as the quality of life of millions of people. And people growing up today, or those training for jobs, need to know what prospects the future holds so they can make the best educational choices for themselves.

These reports are not academic bluster. The academic reports mirror financial reports as well as the World Economic Forum agenda from Davos last January, which specifically discussed this topic in detail.

The world is about to be overrun with robots who will take jobs and change the way we live in the next two decades. Whether or not we are ready is up to the us; the handwriting is on the wall.

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