No Recent Automation Revolution
An independent line of evidence looks at the formation of new occupations over time.If automation were taking over jobs, or jobs were being refactored because some tasks are automated, then we'd expect to see new job titles appearing in employment advertising and classifications such as the Bureau of Labor Statistics's.This does happen, as it has happened since the start of the Industrial Revolution. "Social Media Manager" is a new job that has arisen in the last several years, for instance.But, and this is the point, this "job churn" been happening more slowly over the last 20 years than at any time since WW II.That is also incompatible with the claim that an automation revolution is under way.