AI will take some jobs, but mass unemployment isn't inevitable | Erin Ling

With the right government policies and lifelong learning, we can learn to work alongside AIThe staggering recent progress in artificial intelligence (AI) has left many fearing for their jobs. The ominous drumbeats grew louder earlier this month when Geoffrey Hinton, the godfather of AI, resigned from Google and expressed his concerns about the potential of the technology to upend the job market, just as IBM put the brakes on nearly 7,800 jobs that could be replaced by AI and automation over time