What fields and careers are safe from the coming AI and automation take over?
I'm getting an bachelor in math and I don't know what to specialize/get a master in. How will statistics or finance be affected by AI for example?
Is compsci truly still a meme or is machine learning the way to go?
>>1242133
General AI is just a meme science that has literally seen no real progress in 50 years.
Machine learning is only a threat to specialized tasks that aren't broadly critical and don't require any real dynamism.
>>1242160
Yes. Everything you see to the contrary is just smoke and mirrors and marketing ploys. Hard AI is just a pipe dream at this point.
>>1242133
Google "the future of employment". There's an Oxford article that ranks each profession according to likelihood of computerisation.
>>1242191
I've seen this list I think. It's very hokey. It ranks computer programmer as high risk but software developer as low risk.
>>1242133
None.
Even surgeons will be unemployed in 10 years
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2016-05/05/autonomous-robot-surgeon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyqN5u-zKCA
>>1242133
people that design make deliver install configure test and maintain the automated systems will have plenty of jobs.
>>1242230
well that's pretty interesting. they want to imply the future off software development is not to program but i don't know talk to your mouse?
https://youtu.be/LkqiDu1BQXY?t=1m8s
