Artificial intelligence will create new kinds of work
Humans will supply digital services to complement AI
WHEN the first printed books with illustrations started to appear in the 1470s in the German city of Augsburg, wood engravers rose up in protest. Worried about their jobs, they literally stopped the presses. In fact, their skills turned out to be in higher demand than before: somebody had to illustrate the growing number of books.
This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “The human cumulus”
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August 26th 2017- Investor activism is surging in continental Europe
- Management turmoil at Infosys is particularly ill-timed
- Facebook, Twitter and Apple get into the television business
- American bosses continue to lobby, more quietly
- Artificial intelligence will create new kinds of work
- Big firms in India face new competition
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