Will AI put millions out of work? | The Economist

Will AI put millions of people out of work? Andrew Ng, CEO and founder of LearnVector, argues the fears are overblown. He tells Alex Hern, The Economist’s AI writer, that AI automates only part of most jobs, that its progress will be slowed by physical bottlenecks like building data centres and that the real problem for young workers is universities are too slow to teach the skills employers want now.

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00:00 - Why there will be no AI jobs apocalypse
01:03 - How AI is reshaping software engineering
02:02 - Is there a limit to AI progress?
04:54 - Are universities failing young workers?

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