In 2010 and 2013, people were publishing these studies saying that half of all our jobs are going to be gone. And the time has gone on. Few, if any of these jobs have been automated away. A lot of the firms that offered these products and services have collapsed or crumbled. Still, this is only an inconvenience for people who are pushing the automation technologies.
Featuring Meredith Whittaker, Edward Ongweso Jr., and Sarah Myers West on the mundane dystopia concealed beneath the AI hype machine.
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