(l-r) Besiroglu, Barnett, and Ege Erdil, co-founders of the AI startup Mechanize, believe they can eventually automate most white-collar jobs. — MANUEL ORBEGOZO/The New York Times
SAN FRANCISCO: Years ago, when I started writing about Silicon Valley’s efforts to replace workers with artificial intelligence, most tech executives at least had the decency to lie about it.
“We’re not automating workers, we’re augmenting them,” the executives would tell me. “Our AI tools won’t destroy jobs. They’ll be helpful assistants that will free workers from mundane drudgery.”
