Banta: AI will not replace investors, founders, or marketers near term
Nitesh Banta · 20VC: How AI Can Enhance Not Replace Humans? What Will Differentiate Between The Winners & The Losers In AI? Why AGI Is Further Away Than We Think with Nitesh Banta, Founder & CEO @ B12 · Dec 30, 2016 · at 20:58
Nitesh Banta, Founder and CEO of B12, discusses the short-term limitations of AI automation in complex knowledge work professions.
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“I don't think in the near term you're going to have a machine fully replace the way, you know, venture investors work, fully replace the way startup founders work, podcast producers or marketers.”
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