“We’re not automating workers, we’re augmenting them,” the executives would tell me. “Our ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/ai” target=”_blank”>AI tools won’t destroy jobs. They’ll be helpful assistants that will free workers from mundane drudgery.”
Of course, lines like those—which were often intended to reassure nervous workers and give cover to corporate ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/automation” target=”_blank”>automation plans—said more about the limitations of the technology than…

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