A new study coming out of the World Economic Forum at Davos predicts that artificial intelligence and robots represent the vanguard of a Fourth Industrial Revolution that will destroy more than five million jobs globally by the end of 2020.
The report cites cloud computing, improved battery technology, crowdsourcing, and machine learning as other components that, within five years, will have severe disruptive impact on administrative functions, manufacturing, and transportation.
Read the report here (PDF): World Economic Forum