India, April 17 -- Will that bot eat my job? Job loss has been one of the biggest concerns about the impact of artificial intelligence on the industry specifically and the world's economy overall. Any jobs that are repetitive and could be automated are at risk. It doesn't matter if they are on a factory floor or at a desk. One of the big consulting firms made this bleak prediction: automation and AI could kill 73 million US jobs by 2030.
More recent forecasts paint a picture that is less extreme, and IT industry market research and consulting firm Gartner recently told InformationWeek in an interview that 2019 will be a pivotal year for job loss due to automation and AI. The trend will shift, and more jobs will be added than lost.
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