Humans Need Not Apply: A Guide to Wealth and Work in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Jan 14, 2016

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"Artificial intelligence" is a misnomer, says computer scientist Jerry Kaplan. Machines are not intelligent; their programmers are. What we're seeing is a huge acceleration of automation, which will eliminate all kinds of jobs and create all kinds of unimaginable new ones. This will create a great deal of wealth. But the question is who will get that wealth?

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