The Jobless Future Is Coming

"More pain than happiness."

That's how one man described the coming impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation on humankind.

This wasn't some tinfoil hat-wearing conspiracy theorist.

It came from Jack Ma - the man behind one of the most meteoric rises in modern corporate history.

Ma, founder and chairman of Chinese e-commerce powerhouse Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., said it while speaking in a prestigious slot at April 2017's World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

You should be listening to him.

I certainly am.