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AI may replace professionals by 2022: Gartner

Smart machines and robots are likely to replace highly-trained professionals: Gartner

In the eye of the AI storm
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Press Trust of India
Smart machines and robots are likely to replace highly trained professionals globally in tasks within medicine, law and IT by 2022, according to global research firm Gartner.

"The economics of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning will lead to many tasks performed by professionals today becoming low-cost utilities," said Stephen Prentice, vice-president and Gartner fellow. 

"AI's effects on industries will force the enterprise to adjust its business strategy. Many competitive, high-margin industries will become more like utilities as AI turns complex work into a metered service that the enterprise pays for, like electricity," added Prentice. But, while AI will hit employment numbers