No, robots and other new technologies are not going to make the human worker obsolete. On the contrary, they are spawning entire sets of new careers, according to the World Economic Forum's report, "Jobs of Tomorrow: Mapping Opportunity in the New Economy."

"The Fourth Industrial Revolution is creating demand for millions of new jobs, with vast new opportunities for fulfilling people's potential and aspirations," the WEF writes. "However, in order to turn these opportunities into reality, new sources of data and innovative approaches to understand emerging jobs and skills, as well as to empower effective and coordinated large-scale action are urgently needed across the globe."

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Katie Kuehner-Hebert

Katie Kuehner-Hebert is a freelance writer based in Running Springs, Calif. She has more than three decades of journalism experience, with particular expertise in employee benefits and other human resource topics.

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