The idea of a robot taking your job might sound like science fiction. But a new study suggests it could soon become a reality for many Britons. The study, by the Department for Education, has revealed the jobs most likely to be taken by robots. However, there's sports players, roofers, and steel erectors can all rest easy, with the study suggesting these professions are the safest from the advance of AI technology. The idea of a robot taking your job might sound like science fiction.

I fully embraced AI for my classes this semester, requiring students to use AI tools in a number of ways. This policy attracted a lot of interest, and I thought it worthwhile to reflect on how it is going so far. The short answer is: great! But I have learned some early lessons that I think are worth passing on. First, as background, I required AI use in slightly different ways across three separate undergraduate and masters-level entrepreneurship and innovation classes.

We're now 10 months into 2018, and it's already evident that the term of the year in consulting will be robotics. Although techno-pessimists may prophesy that massive unemployment will hit skilled professionals (for example, see a report by two Oxford academics claiming that 47 percent of current American jobs are at ''high risk'' of being automated within the next 20 years, or Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future--a vision, virtually, of economic Armageddon), the helping industry is ripe for major disruption indeed. Numerous advisory jobs (such as medical consultants, lawyers, financial advisors, and management consultants) often involve going through a similar workflow: collecting data analyzing the data interpreting the results putting forward recommendations executing the action plan. In reality, artificial intelligence (AI) has already been at our service. In what follows, I will look into four positive AI-driven cases in point, and offer some preliminary recommendations on how the robo-advice industry can become more humane.

Enrique is an HR, Tech and Future of Work expert and keynote speaker and founder of Hacking HR, a global learning community at the intersection of future of work, technology, business and organizations, with thousands of members all over the world. He came to the United States from Venezuela as a Fulbright Scholar. Prior to coming to the US, Enrique was the CEO at Management Consultants, a firm specialized in Human Resources in Venezuela. Before Management Consultants, Enrique worked in the telecommunications sector as a Senior Project Engineer for Telefonica. He is also the cofounder of Cotopaxi, a recruitment platform focused on Latin America and the Caribbean.

The first management consulting firm was formed in 1886 by Arthur D. Little, with the intent of providing technical research and "management engineering" to companies. Soon after, in 1926, McKinsey & Company was founded. Since then, McKinsey, along with several other management consulting giants including BCG and Bain have grown to form a $145 billion industry that serves clients in almost every sector imaginable. As a McKinsey alum who has since developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered expert network, I am interested in examining the management consulting market in the context of our rapidly evolving information sourcing ecosystem. In an age where information is cheap, what is the role of the management consultant?