AI Won’t Replace Human Workers, But People Who Use It Will Replace Those Who Don’t, Andrew Ng Says
An anonymous reader writes: AI experts tend to agree that rapid advances in the technology will impact jobs. But there’s a clear division growing between those who see that as a cause for concern and those who believe it heralds a future of growth. Andrew Ng, the founder of Google Brain and a professor at Stanford University, is in the latter camp. He’s optimistic about how AI will transform the labor market. For one, he doesn’t think it’s going to replace jobs.
“For the vast majority of jobs, if 20-30% is automated, then what that means is the job is going to be there,” Ng said in a recent talk organized by Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. “It also means AI won’t replace people, but maybe people that use AI will replace people that don’t.”
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An anonymous reader writes: AI experts tend to agree that rapid advances in the technology will impact jobs. But there’s a clear division growing between those who see that as a cause for concern and those who believe it heralds a future of growth. Andrew Ng, the founder of Google Brain and a professor at Stanford University, is in the latter camp. He’s optimistic about how AI will transform the labor market. For one, he doesn’t think it’s going to replace jobs.
“For the vast majority of jobs, if 20-30% is automated, then what that means is the job is going to be there,” Ng said in a recent talk organized by Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. “It also means AI won’t replace people, but maybe people that use AI will replace people that don’t.”
Read more of this story at Slashdot.