automation
4 statements across 4 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jun 4, 2022 by Erik Brynjolfsson · across every show →
Everything said about automation, oldest first
Jun 4, 2022 negative
Society Over-Incentivizes Labor Automation Over Human Augmentation
“In the Turing Trap article, I argue that, as I said earlier, while both of those strategies can in principle be profitable, right now there are excess incentives to focus on substitution and automation, and then not enough to focus on complementing humans.”
Jul 17, 2024 bullish
Siemiatkowski: Within two years, AI customer service will outperform legacy automation
“So I think that, like, even though maybe the first iteration would only have been a substantial improvement compared to some other companies, if you give it one or two more years, it will definitely be an improvement versus what any other company is doing with…”
Jan 31, 2025 neutral
Most enterprise AI projects actually just require simple automation, says Shagoury
“And we often find many of the POCs turn into, they don't require complex AI, new model development and things in that space. They require simple automation. So they require more or more data, right? Or more programmatic changes in how the application is operat…”
Dec 5, 2025 neutral