At least 25% of jobs in Southeast Asia may be automated in the next two decades, according to the International Labor Organization (ILO). ILO reported that workers in low-skilled, labor-intensive sectors, may be displaced by technology which has become increasingly accessible. Thailand has a workforce of 38 million people, of which 17 million are unskilled, and six million are semi-skilled, meaning up to 23 million people risk losing their jobs to automation. It’s a similar situation across Southeast Asia. Robotic manufacturing is also being introduced in Cambodia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Indonesia. Researchers at Oxford University published a widely referenced study in 2013 on the likelihood of computerisation for different occupations. Out of around 700 occupations, 12 were found to have a 99 per cent chance of being automated in the future.