This Year's Hottest Job Involves Artificial Intelligence – Fortune

That role, A.I. specialist, is the fastest growing U.S. job in terms of number of hires, at least according to LinkedIn, which published its annual emerging jobs report on Tuesday. Hirings for A.I. specialists on the career networking service have grown 74% annually over the past four years, LinkedIn said. But it didn't reveal how many jobs that represents, only that demand for that job role is growing faster than other emerging jobs. What's noteworthy about this year's survey is that last year's top job role, blockchain developer, is absent from the latest list. It highlights how the recent craze over cryptocurrencies and blockchain created a brief demand for blockchain-related jobs, but as the hype died down, so too did demand for people with blockchain skills.