# The future of work: answers and explanations

Cambridge IELTS 16, Test 1, Reading Passage 3

Source: Passage, questions and answer key from Cambridge IELTS 16, Test 1, Reading Passage 3. © Cambridge University Press & Assessment. Used for educational practice. Explanations and evidence notes are written by Testmigo.

## Answer key

| Q | Answer | Proof |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 27 | B | all workers will need to adapt as their occupations evolve alongside increasingly capable machines |
| 28 | D | some of the most fundamental changes are happening as a result of the 'algorithmication' of jobs |
| 29 | C | workers feed the algorithm with false data to reach their targets |
| 30 | D | social policies can tackle this through retraining and redeployment |
| 31 | G | jobs that are dependent on data rather than on production |
| 32 | E | become dependent on its instructions |
| 33 | C | where experimentation and human instinct lead to progress and new ideas |
| 34 | F | make AI technologies more trustworthy and transparent |
| 35 | B | The number of jobs will increase: we would expect there to be 150 jobs. |
| 36 | A | Organisations are attracted to using algorithms because they want to make choices |
| 37 | C | Just as the industrial revolution brought people past subsistence agriculture |
| 38 | A | We need to make sure we fully understand the dilemmas that this new world raises |
| 39 | B | is a thing of the past |
| 40 | C | bold new policies that guarantee full employment, fair incomes |

## Why these answers are right

**27. B.** The opening paragraph says up to 14% of workers may need to switch occupation and that all workers will need to adapt as their occupations evolve alongside machines. Both points describe how far AI will change people's work, which is option B.

**28. D.** Pachidi believes that some of the most fundamental changes are happening because of the algorithmication of data-based jobs, the so-called knowledge economy. Saying it causes fundamental changes is the same as calling it a key factor driving workplace developments, so D is right.

**29. C.** Pachidi and her colleagues observed workers developing strategies to make the algorithm work to their own advantage, feeding it false data to reach their targets. Manipulating the input to get the outcome they need matches option C, making sure AI produces the results they want.

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