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Robots won’t be stealing your jobs just yet, tech execs say (CNBC)

November 16, 2016

CNBC reports the election revealed the country’s extreme anxiety over the future of jobs, but fears about robots and automation are overblown, technology executives said Tuesday at Code Enterprise, a conference in San Francisco about the future of work. Bots are overhyped and not always that intelligent, said Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson. And TaskRabbit CEO Stacy Brown-Philpot said automation has become a nice word and some things will be automated quickly, but machines will not replace people entirely. The conference drew together executives from many tech companies touting artificial intelligent bots, including Facebook and Slack, as well as California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom.