Technology: A foe or a friend in the media landscape?

According to Inc.Tech a lot of journalists and other media specialists are feeling a bit overwhelmed when it comes to technology. If you look at the progress of science a lot of jobs, including journalism can be and in some cases are already being done by AI programs. Financial excerpts are being written by computers by just reading the data and being coded in a certain way. Artificial Intelligence is something that is also learning by itself like a person would. So should journalists be afraid or welcome the help?