Jan 24, 2020
Here come the robots: intelligent machines could take, make, or reboot software testing and security jobs
Posted by Alexandra Whittington in categories: cyborgs, disruptive technology, robotics/AI
By Rohit Talwar, Steve Wells, Alexandra Whittington, and Maria Romero
As artificial intelligence (AI) revolutionises work as we know it, how will the software testing and security industry be impacted?
The robots are coming: “Lock up your knowledge and protect your job at all costs!” The apocalyptic warnings are starting to flow of how artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics combined with other disruptive technologies could eliminate the need for humans in the workplace. Equally sceptical voices are rubbishing the idea that anything drastic will happen, citing previous industrial revolutions as proof that new jobs will emerge to fill any gaps created by the automation of existing ones. In practice, no one really knows how quickly AI might eliminate jobs or what the employment needs will be of the future businesses and industries that have not yet been born.
But the future is not black and white. Aside from the potential to take (and make) jobs, AI might also transform jobs. Below, we share a list of some critical job roles that could be transformed or eliminated completely by the use of AI and robotics over the period from 2020 to 2030. The automation of the following six jobs would bring new opportunities to the software testing world, but could also change it in other possibly in unexpected ways.