AI and Job Destruction: Automated Away, or Awesomely Augmented?

AI has had a powerfully disruptive force across a number of major business sectors. Consider the recent comment by Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google parent company Alphabet: "The largest taxi company has no taxis, that's Uber. The largest accommodation company has no real estate, that's Airbnb. The largest phone company has no infrastructure, that's Skype. The most valuable retailer has no inventory, that's Alibaba. The largest movie theatre has no movie theatres, that's Netflix."