Think some are underestimating the impact AI will have on jobs... and life generally.
The impact is going to be absolutely massive. Talk of it being the next revolution underestimates the coming impact. The impact / change is going to be something way, way beyond what the industrial revolution, mass production , the IT and telecomms revolution, etc brought. It is a change that will be way more fundamental and far reaching.
AI means 'robots' way more intelligent than humans, capable of learning and decision making without emotion, ethics, etc where the intelligence & speed of advancement gets ever exponentially quicker. It will impact not just 'data heavy' roles, but also manual jobs (AI in relation to robotics); it's already happening.
It will be a power for good (things like solving the cause & cure of health issues that humans can't currently solve) and a potential power for unthinkable evil. The genie is out of the bottle and there's no going back. The UK needs to be at the forefront ... but I don't see how we can be as we no longer have the money or resources needed, and we tie ourselves up in bureaucracy, debate, political posturing and short term thinking (in other words, we're pretty much ****ed).
It's hard to envisage what it really means for global economics, personal finance, world order, humanity, lifestyle, jobs, etc etc. But for sure the World will look massively different in even just 10 years time; the Mail article I mentioned, which was very superficial, was talking about massive change even in a couple of years, 2030 at the latest. And as said, China is leading the way, by a distance.
I just hope the 'brains team' are onto it?