This is a good summary of what's going on with AI right now, and matches with the rumblings I hear from friends in industry. In addition to airline pilots, looks like taxi and truck drivers will have job security for at least another generation...

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/07/t...hallenges.html

https://www.wired.com/story/self-dri...rs-challenges/

https://www.computerworld.com/articl...utonomous.html