What impact will artificial intelligence have on our jobs?

OK, it's not the HAL 9000 (yet) but all over the world, intelligent machines are replacing jobs at an alarming rate. And the smarter they get, the faster they're going to be replacing us. What I am talking about here is not a subtle shift to more automation but a real threat to society and the human race. From self-driving cars and robot waiters to robotic doctors and robot journalists, what seem like novelties today will soon be commonplace. As just one example take Foxconn, the largest private employer in China that contract manufactures of products such as the iPhone, Kindle, Playstation etc.