Kevin Kelly: Any job defined by efficiency will ultimately be automated
Kevin Kelly · a16z Podcast | Not If, But How -- When Technology is Inevitable (with Kevin Kelly) · Jan 2, 2019 · at 31:50
Wired co-founder Kevin Kelly discusses how automation redefines human work away from routine efficiency toward creative and interpersonal tasks.
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“Any job that can be specified or can be specified in terms of efficiency or productivity is a job that humans should not be doing, and it will be a job that would go to the bots.”
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