How AI is influencing product management jobs

According to a Brookings Institution report, "Automation and Artificial Intelligence: How machines are affecting people and places," roughly 25 percent of U.S. jobs are at a high risk of automation. Among the most vulnerable jobs are those with routine physical and cognitive tasks such as office administration, production, transportation and food preparation. The jobs that are the least vulnerable to automation are generally classified as abstract and manual occupations -- "those that involve tasks that are … difficult to codify or take place in physical environments that are difficult to control." According to the report, "abstract roles -- typically in management, technology or finance -- tend to require more formal education and skills such as creativity, persuasion, intuition and problem solving." The report predicts what automation does not replace, it will complement -- as will be the case with many technology workers.