The impact of artificial intelligence on the future of jobs

With automation set to have a powerful impact on the future of business and society, PwC has appointed its first UK artificial intelligence leader. Euan Cameron has taken up the newly created role, in which he is responsible for driving growth around this area of emerging technology. He is responsible for AI across the UK firm, helping not only clients to identify opportunities to embrace the shift to automation but also PwC itself. "To be successful, AI needs to be implemented as part of a broader business transformation strategy," says Cameron. "This year we expect to see more and more artificial intelligence initiatives move from theory to practice. We are exploring a wide range of opportunities to deploy this technology internally, but also to help our clients with many of their critical business issues. Different industries are adopting robotic process automation (RPA) and AI at varying rates but with the field developing so rapidly, those who wait could miss out on the myriad positive opportunities it will bring."