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Ex-Google exec says degrees in law and medicine are a waste of time because they take so long to complete that AI will catch up by graduation
As undergraduate degrees have lost their payoffs thanks to AI, young people have turned to advanced schooling to unlock jobs with salaries exceeding $200,000 (or in some cases, a $100 million signing bonus). However, one former Google leader says Gen Z should not be so fast to jump on the PhD train, as even doctoral degrees may have lost their …
Read More »AI is gutting workforces—and an ex-Google exec says CEOs are too busy ‘celebrating’ their efficiency gains to see they’re next
Google X’s former chief business officer Mo Gawdat says the notion AI will create jobs is “100% crap,” and even warns that “incompetent CEOs” are on the chopping block. The tech guru predicts that AGI will be better at everything than most humans—echoing the likes of Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis and OpenAI chief Sam Altman. Only the best workers …
Read More »Ex-Google exec warns that everyone, including the ‘incompetent’ CEOs who are too busy celebrating layoffs, will be replaced
Tech titans keep insisting that AI will usher in a “golden era” of humanity, where all illness is cured, people live in abundance, and workers have “superhuman” powers. But a former Google executive has slammed the notion that the technology won’t be a job-killer and will actually create new work for humans. “My belief is it is 100% crap,” Mo …
Read More »Ex-Google CEO: ‘Turn Off Your Phone’ to Focus or Relax
Eric Schmidt knows that focusing can feel impossible when notifications keep popping up. The former CEO of Google helped usher in a new age of the internet, which brought with it attention-seeking features such as advertising and notifications. Today, Schmidt sees that deep focus is impossible when distracted by technology. “I work with a lot of 20-somethings in research, and …
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