AI could claim 30% of jobs in next seven years

With the growth of artificial intelligence, the fears of many have started to become a reality as jobs start falling to the machines. Many technologists and government officials will see the emergence of the digital era as a chance to score political points through job creation, however one has to ask whether the scale of the challenge is appreciated. For Dik Vos, CEO at SQS, the rapid evolution to the connected economy could see as many as 30% of the population being made redundant and in need to retraining. "The real impact will be seen in five to seven years but already in 2017 there will be greater disruption to the community and more jobs taken over by software," said Vos in an interview with Telecoms.com. "There will be a huge group of people who will be caught out when the rate of development goes much faster than we anticipated."