I don't think A.I. is the problem, it is automation that is the great fear. Regular code is as dangerous as A.I. as far as fear-mongering goes. Automation real

I don't think A.I. is the problem, it is automation that is the great fear. Regular code is as dangerous as A.I. as far as fear-mongering goes. Automation really got going at the start of the industrial revolution and people have been scared of it ever since. Today I put together some Google Form that writes to a spreadsheet. This means no more excel spreadsheet email attachments or copying and pasting. It took me an hour to research and prototype. With a few adjustments all was done. In this task there was no A.I. to teach, just a few boxes to move around and ability to listen to requirements. I handed over the form to be maintained and updated by internal client. So no more work needed. Someone normally spends weeks collating the spreadsheet data. Now they don't have to do that. Now they will do cool stuff in Fusion tables, interpreting the data. Plus the company is growing and therefore that role will not be an idle one. Whole teams of people can be swept away from back office jobs from the simple non AI changes such as better forms. Or people can be empowered to move their job on to the next level, e.g. data analysis rather than data entry. I know computers can do amazing A. I. things but the much feared change is already happening and it is mostly based on if statements rather than A.I. Some get swept away and others embrace and effect the change. Attitude of the individual matters and there are winners plus losers with change brought on by automation.