[ Are machine learning (deep learning) and AI threats to the job security and employment opportunity of technical staff and even senior executives? ]
AI is just a tool, a smart one capable of replacing humans yes, but a tool nonetheless. AI has a long way to go before it is able to successfully replace skilled labor and management. It is our job to be on the front foot and develop more advanced skills to cope with the development. An example, cliché though it may be, would be when steam engines put wagon drivers out of work, people joined coach making factories for work. We too should be able to transit smoothly into advanced technology before AI puts us out of our jobs.