These four technologies will shape the future, says top global business forum - Stockhead

Artificial Intelligence, high-speed mobile internet, big data analytics and cloud technology are the four key technologies that will shape the world over the next four years says the top global business forum. A new report from the World Economic Forum (WEF), The Future of Jobs Report 2018, says the years between now and 2022 will be a hotbed for high-tech investment by companies across every industry. While the report finds that the "Fourth Industrial Revolution" will create more new jobs than it destroys, artificial intelligence will have a significant impact in the next four years. In 2018 about 29 per cent of total "task hours" are performed by machines in 12 industries studied by the WEF. By 2022 the average is expected to shift to 42 per cent performed by machines.