Erik Brynjolfsson has said, “AI won’t replace managers, but managers who use AI will replace those who don’t.” Brynjolfsson is a researcher, author, professor, senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI, and director of the Stanford Digital Economy Lab. For the better part of four decades, Brynjolfsson has been researching and writing about the ways digital technology is transforming business strategy, productivity, and digital commerce. He joined WorkLab to offer business leaders an overview of how AI will transform productivity: how it will augment what we can accomplish at work, reduce the frustrations and disconnections of the hybrid era, and create new careers and economic opportunities.
Brynjolfsson is the first guest for season 4 of Microsoft’s WorkLab podcast, in which hosts Elise Hu and Tonya Mosley have conversations with economists, designers, psychologists, and technologists who explore the data and insights into why and how work is changing.
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