2019 and beyond...what to expect from artificial intelligence

"We stand on the brink of a technological revolution that will fundamentally alter the way we live, work, and relate to one another. In its scale, scope, and complexity, the transformation will be unlike anything humankind has experienced before" As the world embarks on 2019, studies published this year by the World Economic Forum and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) predict that global adaptation of advanced technology will create major shifts in the labour market as soon as 2022. In fact, this year, IDB issued a news release pointing to a 2018 study on artificial intelligence (AI), urging Latin American and Caribbean governments to anticipate the consequences of AI on the job market. As it turns out, the newest turn in human evolution has birthed a collective function of humans and machines operating in the physical and virtual world, and with it, a host of concerns for humans who will have to compete with smart technology. The study, done by the Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean (INTAL), predicts that AI could boost economies in Latin America and the Caribbean, while simultaneously offsetting job losses.