When this circuit learns your job, what are you going to do?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- As machines learn to perform human tasks, people must consider their future role and value.
- In plain terms
- When automation takes over your work, what will you do next?
- What can you take from it?
- Prepare for a future where machines handle many current jobs.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What value do you offer beyond routine tasks?
- How will you define purpose if work changes?
Another view
Some jobs may remain too complex for circuits to learn soon.
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