I agree that the jobs where academic thinking is required and where human touch is needed will still need real people to do them.
At work, we are already using a lot of machines to do the job for us, they help us do the job faster and more efficiently. Computers store the information well in the system. Say if there is a fire or some other accidents in the office, the system of the company will still have the information saved. We need to do a backup of the information we put in the system from time to time to prevent a sudden shut down of the system due to things like power cut or something. Machines can break down, and humans will still be needed to sort out issues when those things happen.