A Top Google Executive Says Silicon Valley Is Overstating the AI Jobs Apocalypse

A top Google executive says Silicon Valley is overstating the AI jobs apocalypse

James Manyika, an SVP at Google-Alphabet and an AI researcher, said Silicon Valley executives have worried Americans by talking about 'wiping out 50% of jobs.'Bloomberg/Getty ImagesA Google executive said he'd bet that AI will not lead to mass layoffs.SVP James Manyika said AI will eliminate some jobs, create others, and change many more.He joins other tech executives pushing back on AI job-loss fears as public skepticism grows.Will AI crush the…

Q&A with Google SVP James Manyika on AI's ability to automate tasks versus occupations, his optimism about the labor market despite AI-driven layoffs, and more (Casey Newton/Platformer)

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Google's James Manyika is betting that doomers are wrong about AI and jobs

Tasks are getting easier to automate — jobs aren't. What now?