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Aug 2019
24m 32s

How Robots and AI Are Changing Job Train...

Harvard Business Review
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Matt Beane, assistant professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, finds that robots, machine learning, and AI are changing how we train for our jobs — not just how we do them. His study shows that robot-assisted surgery is disrupting the traditional learning pathway of younger physicians. He says this trend is emerging in many industries, from ... Show More
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