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Boffins have predicted the bizarre jobs, which include robot space architects, will threaten current professions as machines are able to produce better results, according to their research. The report, compiled by professor of management practice at London Business School, Lynda Gratton, and futurologist David A. Smith, delved into sectors including communications, robotics, space, environment and medicine to analyse the types of work that will be critical for the future. While it has long been the case that machines have taken over repetitive and laborious tasks, the study found that advancing technology may cause the disappearance of middle-skilled roles.

In biology and medicine, doctors and scientists were predicted to take on new titles such as 'old-age wellness managers', 'body part makers' and 'obesity consultants'. And 'drowned city specialists' were named as an integral part of the energy and environment sector along with 'insect-based food developers'. Futurologist David A. Smith said in many sectors machines will produce better solutions to problems than the average human.

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Commenting on the '100 jobs of the future report,' commissioned by BrightHR, David said: "As a result of advances in machine learning, the task of interrogating large amounts of data is likely to become fully-automated, making jobs with any systematic component vulnerable.

"In fields such as law, accountancy and medicine, machines are likely to produce generally better answers than humans. "While job substitution by machines is alarming for those caught up in it, we know, from experience, that we have always been able to adapt and find new roles for ourselves."

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Professor Linda Gratton believes employees need to think more creatively about how they achieve career progression in the future. Professor Gratton said: "Studies have suggested that a third of jobs in Europe will be replaced by technology over the next two decades.

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