Not many of us would see a calculator as a threat to our jobs. Yet just as the development of these now ubiquitous tools disquieted some mathematicians, rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are now sparking debate and no small measure of concern about the future of the global workforce.
The evolution from paper and pencil to calculators and then to spreadsheets did not replace mathematicians - it only made them more valuable.