Princeton Professor Says AI Augments Rather Than Replaces Human Work

Princeton professor and AI Snake Oil author Arvind Narayanan argued in recent speeches at Princeton and ICML that predictions of rapid mass unemployment due to AI are wrong, as AI augments and reshapes work—such as software engineering—rather than replacing it.

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