In a recent survey conducted by business intelligence company GlobalData and Factor’s sister magazine Verdict AI, 20% of people said that their companies had used AI technologies to either replace an existing job or avoid the creation of new jobs in the past year.

Some industries seem to be automating at a faster rate than others, with office jobs and manufacturin g apparently the worst hit. A quarter of business and professional services companies reported replacing jobs with AI, while almost a third of manufacturing companies said the same. Financial markets companies also reported higher-than average automation.

This is, of course, just the start of large-scale automation. The vast majority of businesses see AI as at least very important to their future, with only a tiny percentage not considering such technologies important at all. What’s more, almost two thirds of businesses are looking at investing in AI technologies, so it’s really only a matter of time before more jobs vanish in the wake of the revolution.