Are you about to be automated out of a job? A conversation with Brent Orrell

07/10/19 • 33 min

Axios kicked off 2019 with a headline proclaiming: "AI expert warns automation could take 40% of jobs by 2035." This is the baseline consensus according to Axios future editor Steve LeVine. But is it accurate? And if it is, how can workers and students today prepare?

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