The Impact of Artificial Intelligence

We will be paying a lot of attention to the future of work, and not just to the effects of AI, robotics and biotech. However, interviewed on the BBC recently, Victor Riparbelli, CEO and Co-founder of Synthesia said, “AI won’t replace your job. A person using AI will”.

An accurate statement which clarifies the grammatical nuances and somehow seems to attempt reassurance. It doesn’t say the current operator will remain employed or that they will be re-trained. It absolutely doesn’t say it is a one-for-one substitution; that is far from the case or else why do it?

From a short snippet of an interview it isn’t possible to guess Mr Riparbelli’s intention, but it does, in isolation, appear to gloss over the ramifications on jobs of new technology.

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