Does the fourth industrial revolution offer hope for workers in the developing world?

The 4th Industrial revolution also known as the 4th IR, is a transformational era for human kind characterized by a range of new technologies that have demonstrated digital capabilities breaking barriers between the physical, digital and biological worlds.

The technological disruption in the 4th IR has both great promise and peril for the workers and the labour market based on automation of work, a major component of the 4th IR, the levels at which it is being adopted, and what it entails for the future of jobs.