在科技環(huán)境中長大的千禧一代，并不介意科技取代他們

在科技環(huán)境中長大的千禧一代，并不介意科技取代他們

Millennials bored by low-level service jobs say bring it on — automate their jobs, please.

厭倦了低層次服務工作的千禧一代說，請讓他們的工作自動化吧。

And advanced technology is doing just that in spades — with some 2.5 million jobs at risk in New York City alone because of artificial intelligence, according to a study by Oliver Wyman Forum.

奧緯咨詢(Oliver Wyman)論壇的一項研究顯示，先進的技術正讓這一切成為可能——僅在紐約市，就有大約250萬個工作崗位因為人工智能而面臨風險。

“I see it as a benefit, which is a different perspective than many in the older generation,” said Acamea Deadwiler, a 30-something writer and author based in Las Vegas who recalls being dazzled by the automated mail carts that replaced humans at her former workplace.

“我認為這是一種好處，與許多老一輩人的觀點不同。”住在拉斯維加斯的30多歲作家阿卡梅·德威勒(Acamea Deadwiler)說。

“They could move on and off the elevators, and drop mail at your desk — it was pretty cool,” she told The Post. “But when I told older members of my family, they were appalled at the idea people could be put out of work because of this technology.”

她在接受《華盛頓郵報》采訪時表示:“他們可以上下電梯，往你的辦公桌上投遞郵件——這很酷。”“但當我告訴家里的長輩們，這項技術可能導致人們失業(yè)的想法讓他們感到震驚。”

Deadwiler is one of a growing number of millennials who enthusiastically support more work automation — especially of the boring parts.

Deadwiler是越來越多的千禧一代中的一員，他們熱情地支持更多的工作自動化——尤其是那些無聊的部分。

That puzzles some analysts, since that generation is so heavily in debt, saddled by an average of more than $30,000 in student loan balances. Plus many millennials are in low-paid service jobs that could soon be eliminated by bots.

這讓一些分析人士感到困惑，因為這一代人背負著沉重的債務，平均學生貸款余額超過3萬美元。此外，許多千禧一代從事的是低薪服務工作，可能很快就會被機器人淘汰。

The explanation for their fervor may lie in a new survey by global outsourcing company SKYES.

全球外包公司SKYES的一項新調查或許可以解釋這種狂熱。

It shows that millennials believe they have personally benefited from tech advances more than older workers do.

調查顯示，千禧一代認為自己比年長員工更能從科技進步中獲益。

While a large majority of American workers overall says technology has not yet helped them with the drudgery of mind-numbing labor, more than 41% of 25-to-34-year-olds say they have been “assisted” by an automation program at work in 2019 — nearly twice as many as workers aged 54 and older.

雖然大多數(shù)美國工人總體上說，技術還沒有幫助他們完成使大腦麻木的苦差事，在25歲至34歲的受訪者中，超過41%的人稱他們在2019年的工作中得到了自動化項目的“幫助”——幾乎是54歲及以上工人的兩倍。

“Today’s younger generations are digital natives, immersed in tech from childhood, making them well-acquainted with how to augment their lives with technology,” Ian Barkin, chief strategy officer at SYKES, told The Post.

賽克斯公司首席戰(zhàn)略官伊恩?巴金告訴《華盛頓郵報》:“如今的年輕一代是數(shù)字原住民，他們從小就沉浸在科技中，非常熟悉如何用科技來充實生活。”