Human vs machine intelligence:

To be able to predict the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the required human competences of the future, it is firstand foremost necessary to get an overview of what AI at all is and how it differs from human intelligence. The main goalof this paper is to provide such an overview to readers who are not experts in the area. The focus of the paper is on thesimilarities and differences between human and machine intelligence, since understanding that is of essential importanceto be able to predict which human tasks and jobs are likely to be automatised by AI - and what consequences it will have.