I think this is looking at things from the wrong perspective Corporations can be viewed as artificial intelligences. Some components of that corporation are hu

I think this is looking at things from the wrong perspective Corporations can be viewed as artificial intelligences. Some components of that corporation are human, such as the marketing professional designing an advertisement or the executive deciding to invest $40 million in IT infrastructure. Some components of that corporation are not human, such as an automated system that sends emails and tracks metrics on the performance of the marketing campaign. Rather than asking if this or that job will be automated, ask whether the total percentage of (loosely defined) 'stuff' that a corporation does will be more or less human over time? I would argue that the answer is, with decades and decades of evidence, over time corporations will do more and more with fewer humans. Jobs aren't automated, job functions are. If most "middle manager" job functions are automated, we might still see middle managers but as a smaller percentage of the overall corporation. If some retail functions are also automated, then we might see both stay in the same ratio, but the business is capable of vastly more revenue without increasing the size of the staff. Regardless, I would think it's largely accepted that in the foreseeable future, corporations will continue to do more 'stuff' with fewer humans.