The Unemployed AI Expert

Unemployed Artificial Intelligence (AI) ex perts are as elusive as the abominable snowman of the Himalayas. In fact, in my AI career, which spans more than two decades, I have never met one. However, in the past year, ever since the media woke up to the amazing world of AI, I have been receiving queries like: since AI is a new thing, will I find a job once I graduate? I've never seen an advert for an AI expert, etc. In the past decades, and especially in the past year in my role as a member of the Malta.AI taskforce, I have met thousands of people who might have heard about AI, are probably using it extensively, but have no clue that they're using it or even what it is.