Forward thinking – what to expect for AI and data science

This is the part I like a lot as I get to express forward-looking opinions without being held accountable for accuracy since, by definition, these are only my opinions .

As I explained in Chapter 1, Programming and Data Science – A New Toolset, I believe that AI and data science are here to stay, and they will continue to cause disruption to existing industries for the foreseeable future, most likely at an accelerating rate. This will certainly have an effect on the overall number of jobs and, similar to other technological revolutions we've seen in the past (agricultural, industrial, information, and many more), some will disappear, while new ones will be created.

In 2016, Ginny Rometty, IBM Chairman, and CEO, in a letter to President Donald Trump (https://www.ibm.com/blogs/policy/ibm-ceo-ginni-romettys-letter-u-s-president-elect), talks about the need to better prepare for the AI revolution by creating new types of jobs that she calls...