A.I. is on a collision course with white-collar, high-paid jobs — and with unknown impact

The notion of technological advancement upending the job market isn’t a new phenomenon.

Robots and automation, for example, have become a mainstay of factory floors and assembly lines. And it has had various effects on the workplace, by displacing, changing, enhancing or creating jobs, experts said.

Artificial intelligence — a relatively nascent and fast-moving type of technology — will undoubtedly do the same, experts said. However, it’s likely such tech will target a different segment of the American workforce than has been the case in the past.

“AI is distinguished from past technologies that...