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What’s the Purpose of Companies in the Age of AI?

Harvard Business Review

Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and computer technology are causing us to think again about some really basic questions: what is a firm? While there has been a lot of discussion about “what’s left for humans? While there has been a lot of discussion about “what’s left for humans?”

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Staying Human in the Robot Age

Harvard Business Review

New workplace technology makes possible an unprecedented degree of control over working (and sometimes private) life – the New York Times’s account of tough working conditions in Amazon’s offices is a recent example. To give of their best, humans need to focus, tackle one thing at a time, and reflect deeply.

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