In a study that has already racked up several hundred citations, scholars at Oxford University have estimated that no less than 47% of all American jobs and 54% of those in Europe are at a high risk of being usurped by machines.
Cristiano Ronaldo, the superstar footballer who earned 61 million pound last year, usurped long-term leader Floyd Mayweather Jnr into first place.
But the ubiquitous trend for the self-portrait photographs, taken on a smartphone at arm's length, could now be usurped by the "dronie" – or photos taken by a drone.