Can AI-enabled automation replace your company's entire labor force? How much will technology change affect labor? According to research informing our 2017 research report, "Reshaping Business with Artificial Intelligence," not as much as one would expect. Less than half of more than 3,000 survey respondents expect AI to reduce their organization's workforce in the next five years, and just 30% are fearful that AI will automate their own jobs. But as technology relentlessly improves, significant changes may still be on the horizon.

A prototype Moby Mart is being tested in Shanghai, China. Per Cromwell, the project's lead designer, says four to six additional mobile supermarkets are planned in the coming year. A prototype Moby Mart is being tested in Shanghai, China. Per Cromwell, the project's lead designer, says four to six additional mobile supermarkets are planned in the coming year. Browse the science fiction aisles and you can find all sorts of dystopian future visions -- environmental catastrophes, robot overlords, zombies swarms, triffids.

A convenience store with a modern twist has launched in China. Moby Mart is an unmanned self-driving store which runs on solar power and is able to drive to your area at the touch of a button. Customers scan the goods themselves to purchase their shopping all without meeting a single person. Moby Mart is open to the public 24 hours a day and can automatically restock goods. New technology also allows users of the app to call a Moby to their area in order to buy items. While there are also plans to have drones installed on the top of shops to deliver goods to customers.