Five future-proof jobs for the era of automation, the cloud and AI

Mon 12 Nov 2018 08.21 EST Last modified on Mon 12 Nov 2018 10.30 EST The world of work is changing. Machine learning, the internet of things (IoT) and cloud computing are altering how society views employment and the tasks that are currently performed by humans. The World Economic Forum predicts that new technologies will create 133m jobs over the next three years – and these new roles may involve humans working closely with new technologies. As previously unconnected machines are hooked up to the internet, more data about their performance can be collected, resulting in the need for human jobs to adapt. The marine division of construction company Caterpillar, for instance, has been attaching sensors to generators, engines and fuel meters onboard ships.