在科技环境中长大的千禧一代，并不介意科技取代他们

在科技环境中长大的千禧一代，并不介意科技取代他们

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

厌倦了低层次服务工作的千禧一代说，请让他们的工作自动化吧。

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.

奥纬咨询(Oliver Wyman)论坛的一项研究显示，先进的技术正让这一切成为可能——仅在纽约市，就有大约250万个工作岗位因为人工智能而面临风险。

“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.

“我认为这是一种好处，与许多老一辈人的观点不同。”住在拉斯维加斯的30多岁作家阿卡梅·德威勒(Acamea Deadwiler)说。

“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《华盛顿邮报》采访时表示:“他们可以上下电梯，往你的办公桌上投递邮件——这很酷。”“但当我告诉家里的长辈们，这项技术可能导致人们失业的想法让他们感到震惊。”

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

Deadwiler是越来越多的千禧一代中的一员，他们热情地支持更多的工作自动化——尤其是那些无聊的部分。

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.

这让一些分析人士感到困惑，因为这一代人背负着沉重的债务，平均学生贷款余额超过3万美元。此外，许多千禧一代从事的是低薪服务工作，可能很快就会被机器人淘汰。

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

全球外包公司SKYES的一项新调查或许可以解释这种狂热。

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

调查显示，千禧一代认为自己比年长员工更能从科技进步中获益。

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.

虽然大多数美国工人总体上说，技术还没有帮助他们完成使大脑麻木的苦差事，在25岁至34岁的受访者中，超过41%的人称他们在2019年的工作中得到了自动化项目的“帮助”——几乎是54岁及以上工人的两倍。

“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.

赛克斯公司首席战略官伊恩?巴金告诉《华盛顿邮报》:“如今的年轻一代是数字原住民，他们从小就沉浸在科技中，非常熟悉如何用科技来充实生活。”