I completely disagree with the article's assertion that 'knowledge professions like ... lawyers' will be relatively unaffected. 'DoNotPay' (the robot lawyer) has already helped overturn millions of dollars of parking fines. NPR article on the subject: https://www.npr.org/2017/01/16/510096767/robot-lawyer-makes-...
Also in reference to manufacturing processes, it appears that Toyota has learned some hard lessons in automation and is actually moving in the opposite direction: http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2011/02/toyota%E2%80%99s-se...