In mid-2016, Foxconn, one of the largest smartphone manufacturers and major suppliers to companies like Samsung and Apple, replaced 60,000 workers with semi-independent robots. This trend of replacing human workers with robots has been on the rise in Guangdong, with more than $520 million invested in robots since 2014. Robotics and automation, in general, are moving closer to home with robots answering phones, prescribing medicine, and doing many other tasks that were once reserved for humans. Here are five regular careers that might soon be replaced by robots.

1. Babysitters

Babysitters make, on average, about $500 per week, a high expense for the average American family. Safety concerns and finding the right sitter can also be problems for parents, hence the use of robotic babysitters. Companies like Aeon Co. have introduced robots into their stores to keep children entertained while their parents are busy shopping. Robots like Hello Kitty and PaPeRo are examples of fully-functional robots that can tell jokes and track kids, and this technology may replace humans as babysitters in the future.

2. Fast food workers

With the increasing costs of labor, the fast-food industry has turned to customized kiosks that allow customers to build their burgers and make full-menu orders from touchscreen kiosks. McDonald’s has introduced their “Create Your Taste” kiosks that have been a major hit, with companies like Panera Bread and Wendy’s looking to supplement their labor force with these kiosks. The customized kiosks improve order accuracy, convenience, and do away with the long, slow-moving queues. Restaurant automation may soon see robots edge out human workers.

3. Reporters

Intelligent machines have created sports news articles that appear on online news websites. Narrative Science uses artificial intelligence to generate readable stories using data from sports events. The Big Ten Network uses this application to generate news stories on baseball and softball events. Game data from each game is sent to Narrative Science, which then feeds the scores into the AI program that generates a news story within minutes, replacing sportswriters and news reporters.

4. Pharmacists

A pharmacy system that is robot-controlled has dispensed over 350,000 prescriptions without errors at the UCSF Medical Center. The system is capable of filling regular pills, IV syringes, and chemotherapy preparations with little to no human involvement. More medical centers are looking to replicate this technology, and it may soon replace human pharmacists.

5. Drivers

The idea of driverless cars has been in the works for quite some time, with Google and Tesla leading the industry. Major auto companies like Ford, Toyota, Volvo, BMW, and Nissan have announced their plans to introduce semi or fully autonomous cars by around 2018. Uber has started experimenting with autonomous cabs services, which could revolutionize the transportation industry. Driverless technology may soon replace human drivers.

The automation debate is split into two sides, with one group believing that automation will spur innovation in the labor sector, while the other predicts complete doom for the human workforce. The labor industry is poised for drastic transformation over the next few years, with machines and autonomous technology becoming increasingly prevalent. Regardless of which side of the debate you fall on, it is clear that the future will include robots and automation as an integral part of our society.