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Thibault Spirlet @ Business Insider · today 07:52 EDT

Ben Horowitz says fears of an AI-fueled job apocalypse are based on a flawed assumption

The A16z cofounder said history shows automation destroys some jobs but creates new ones, and that confident predictions about AI and work are misguided.

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