Jason Costa of GGV on how machine learning technologies might change the role of product managers:

“In the context of AI & deep learning, these PMs will need to understand what is possible right now, and then plan for what data they need to collect to make more things possible in 2 years, 5 years, and so on. That means it will be much more than just building a feature roadmap; it will also require a data roadmap. Furthermore, it won’t be just a matter of getting any data and massaging that set — products will need to be built with data collection in mind from the start. PMs will need to figure out what signals are important, and then build the product to collect the best data sets providing those signals.”

This idea that we need to be thinking now about what we want to be able to do in several years time is a problem I'm grappling with at the moment. Placing a big bet that we won't know was successful until years down the line is basically the opposite of an 'Agile' approach.