AI will eliminate 1.8M jobs but create 2.3M by 2020, claims Gartner

Peter Sondergaard, head of research at Garter, speaks at the opening keynote of Gartner Symposium 2017. "AI will be a net job creator starting in 2020," said Peter Sondergaard on Monday morning at Gartner Symposium. Gartner's research chief couldn't have opened the company's flagship conference with a more astounding proclamation if he had claimed that next year's event would be held on the International Space Station and Gartner was offering free rides. The question of how artificial intelligence and robots will affect jobs has been one of the darkest shadows looming over the 21st century. Songergaard stated that by 2020 AI will automate 1.8 million people out of work, but it will create 2.3 million jobs.