Dispatch reporters Mark Williams and Doug Caruso discuss that nearly 2.5 million Ohioans may lose their jobs because they are likely to become automated. We further talk about how this study from Oxford University on jobs has no timeline but changes would be subtle. Finally we talk about how fast food jobs, warehouse jobs, and manufacturing jobs are just some fields that could be at risk. 

<p>Dispatch reporters Mark Williams and Doug Caruso discuss that nearly 2.5 million Ohioans may lose their jobs because they are likely to become automated. We further talk about how this study from Oxford University on jobs has no timeline but changes would be subtle. Finally we talk about how fast food jobs, warehouse jobs, and manufacturing jobs are just some fields that could be at risk.&nbsp;</p>

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The threat automation poses to Ohio workers, their jobs

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