Calling all coders: is AI coming for your job? - Artificial Intelligence Online

Forecasting the future isn't easy but some things are predictable. It is predictable, for example, that every now and then everyone will get excited about the imminent arrival of machines that think like people and that will therefore destroy people's jobs. This triggers a mix of enthusiasm and paranoia. But after the humanoid machines fail to materialize as predicted, everyone calms down and gets back to work. In 2016, we are approaching the end of one of those periodic bouts of excitement.