Will artificial intelligence create more jobs than it destroys?

The technology is expected to wipe out millions of jobs, but surprisingly create many more by 2020. Over two million jobs could be created by artificial intelligence (AI) by 2020, outnumbering the number of jobs lost to the technology, according to Gartner. In a recent report, Gartner revealed that by 2020 AI is expected to create a total of 2.3 million jobs, but destroy 1.8 million jobs. Though the latter is a significant amount, in the long term more jobs can be created and enhanced by the technology across the job ladder, according to the analyst firm. AI implementation will affect every industry, with manufacturing expected to be hit the hardest by the technology.