Software is Eating Labor
Episode
26 min
Read time
2 min
Topics
Software Development
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What It Covers
Alex Rampell explains how software companies are shifting from digitizing filing cabinets to replacing human labor entirely, targeting the thirteen trillion dollar US labor market.
Notable Moment
Rampell plays audio of Happy Robot's AI conducting freight negotiations, challenging listeners to identify which voice represents the human versus the artificial intelligence system.
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“Rampell plays audio of Happy Robot's AI conducting freight negotiations, challenging listeners to identify which voice represents the human versus the artificial intelligence system.”
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