"How many of you believe that Artificial Intelligence (AI) will automate most jobs in 10 years?"
Around 90% of the room raised their hands.
"How many of you believe AI will replace YOUR job in 10 years?"
Around 15% of the room raised their hands.
This is a typical response. We all understand the theory, but it rarely applies to us. Artificial Intelligence keeps getting trashed-talked in many industries. Few appreciate how fast it's developing and how rapid its iterations are.
One area that seems to feel immune to automation is creativity. The consensus is that AIs will substitute repetitive, highly specialized tasks. Those that require holistic thinking or high degrees of creativity will be spared. I beg to differ.
"Our model predicts that the second wave of computerization will mainly depend on overcoming the engineering bottlenecks related to creative and social