AI and White-Collar Jobs

January 20, 2023
09:00–09:45 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

About this session

Recent breakthroughs in machine learning mean that increasingly complex cognitive tasks and creative production can be automated. Are the implications of these developments being overstated, or are we approaching an inflection point and a new disruptive era for knowledge workers?

This is a livestreamed session.

Speakers

EB
Erik Brynjolfsson
Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki Professor; Director, Digital Economy Lab
Stanford University
MS
Mihir Shukla
Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and Co-Founder
Automation Anywhere
SS
Sir Martin Sorrell
Executive Chairman
S4Capital
IF
Ina Turpen Fried
Chief Technology Correspondent
Axios
LW
Lauren Woodman
Chief Executive Officer
DataKind

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