The market for autonomous vehicles (land, air, water) alone could become larger than the entire IT industry in 2000. When you include robots for industry (e.g.

The market for autonomous vehicles (land, air, water) alone could become larger than the entire IT industry in 2000. When you include robots for industry (e.g. Sewbots, Warehouse robots, ...) and household (e.g. Aibo, Amazon Echo, ...) it is clear that the markets are potentially much larger than their current sizes and will grow with improvements in AI. Recent papers in AI and Deep Learning have shown that it is possible to train robots to adapt to unpredictable environment and human interactions. This will realize many new potential applications in the physical space over the next decade. Although the fundamentals are the same, the variations are legion and could become highly complex as the environment dictates. It takes a few years at least to become an expert in the field with experience in practical applications. Not everyone possesses a cognitive toolkit necessary to become one either. There will not be an oversupply of experts in AI and ML within the next five or even ten years.