Why Automation and AI are Cool, Until They're Not - InformationWeek

Already, some vendors are touting their ability to replace salespeople and even data scientists. In the past, knowledge jobs were exempt from automation, but with the rise of machine learning and AI, that's no longer true. In the near future, machines will be able to do even more tasks that have historically been done by humans. Somewhere between doomsday predictions and automated utopia is a very real world of people, businesses and entire industries that need to adapt or risk obsolescence. One difference between yesterday's automation and today's automation (besides the level of machine intelligence) is the pace of change.