How the job market can meet the automation challenge

DUBAI: We live in an age in which talking to a machine is no longer a futuristic concept. Many activities and fields are being shaped by innovations in artificial intelligence (AI) and technology, a phenomenon that is fundamentally altering the nature of human interaction, consumption of information and, more controversially, the nature of employment. Adoption of innovations such as voice recognition, virtual agents and biometrics could be the only way for humans to survive in the coming age of automation. Amid the surge in human-machine cooperation, many people nevertheless are eager to find out what the future holds. Will robots outsmart humans and steal their jobs?