The five most important new jobs in artificial intelligence

Perhaps as a counter to the panic that artificial intelligence will destroy jobs, consulting firm KPMG today published a list of what it predicts will soon become the five most sought-after AI roles. The predictions are based on the company's own projects and those on which it advises. While it's all very well to list the jobs people should be training and hiring for, it's another matter to actually create a pipeline of people ready to enter those roles. Brad Fisher, KPMG's US lead on data and analytics and the lead author of the predictions, tells Quartz there aren't enough people getting ready for these roles. Training in AI is increasing "fairly rapidly" at universities and other institutions, but not rapidly enough, Fisher says, meaning that demand will continue to outstrip supply for some time.