Data Science is Not Becoming Extinct in 10 Years, Your Skills Might - KDnuggets

As someone working in data science for over a decade, it is frustrating to see people prophesying on how the field will get extinct in 10 years. The typical reason given is how emerging AutoML tools will eliminate the need for practitioners to develop their own algorithms. I find such opinions especially frustrating because it dissuades a beginner from taking data science seriously enough to excel in it. Frankly, it is a disservice to the data science community to see such prophecies about a field where the demand is only going to increase even further! Why would any sane person invest their finite time and energy in learning something that will become extinct soon?